Construction Accounting and Financial Management,
4th Edition Steven J. Peterson
Chapters 1 - 18, Complete Newest Version
ConstructionoAccountingoandoFinancialoManagement,
, CONTENTS
NewotootheoFourthoEdition 1
Chaptero1:oConstructionoFinancialoManagement 2
Chaptero2:oConstructionoAccountingoSystems 4
Chaptero3:oAccountingoTransactions 7
Chaptero4:oMoreoConstructionoAccounting 23
Chaptero5:oDepreciation 34
Chaptero6:oAnalysisoofoFinancialoStatements 50
Chaptero7:oManagingoCosts 58
Chaptero8:oDeterminingoLaboroBurden 62
Chaptero9:oManagingoGeneraloOverheadoCosts 65
Chaptero10:oSettingoProfitoMarginsoforoBidding 67
Chaptero11:oProfitoCenteroAnalysis 70
Chaptero12:oCashoFlowsoForoConstructionoProjects 75
Chaptero13:oProjectingoIncomeoTaxes 87
Chaptero14:oCashoFlowsoforoaoConstructionoCompany 91
Chaptero15:oTimeoValueoofoMoney 93
Chaptero16:oFinancingoaoCompany’soFinancialoNeeds 99
Chaptero17:oMakingoFinancialoDecisions 111
Chaptero18:oIncomeoTaxesoandoFinancialoDecisions 130
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Aosectionoonomanagingodesign-buildocostsohasobeenoaddedotooChaptero7.
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Bestowishes,
StevenoJ.oPeterson,oMBA,oPE