Cost Accounting by Steven Bragg

The practicing accountant usually keeps an old college-level cost accounting book on the shelf, because there are no cost accounting books designed for the professional.  This 662-page, 40-chapter book fulfills the need by covering every conceivable topic that the accountant could need.  There is also an ongoing case study, spanning most chapters, showing how a hypothetical company deals with a variety of cost accounting issues.

Content

  • Purpose of cost accounting
  • Costing systems
  • Data collection
  • Costing methodologies
  • Operational analysis
  • Managing costs
  • Pricing issues
  • Cost strategy
  • Inventory valuation
  • Cost accounting fraud

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Reviews

Cost Accounting is a highly recommended reference for the practicing cost accountant, or anyone for that matter who wants to know where to start controlling their own costs. Five star recommendation for this book. Keep it on you desk. -- Bob Snare