ConstructionAccountingandFinancialManagement,
4thEditionStevenJ.Peterson
Chapters1-18,CompleteNewestVersion
ConstructionAccountingandFinancialManagement,
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NewtotheFourthEdition 1
Chapter1:ConstructionFinancialManagement
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Chapter2:ConstructionAccountingSystems 4
Chapter3:AccountingTransactions 7
Chapter4:MoreConstructionAccounting 23
Chapter5:Depreciation 34
Chapter6:AnalysisofFinancialStatements 50
Chapter7:ManagingCosts 58
Chapter8:DeterminingLabor Burden v 62
Chapter9:ManagingGeneralOverheadCosts 65
Chapter10:SettingProfit MarginsforBidding
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Chapter11:Profit CenterAnalysis
v 70
Chapter12:CashFlowsFor ConstructionProjects
v 75
Chapter13:Projecting IncomeTaxes
v 87
Chapter14:CashFlows foraConstructionCompany
v 91
Chapter15:TimeValueofMoney 93
Chapter16:FinancingaCompany’sFinancialNeeds V 99
Chapter17:Making FinancialDecisions
v 111
Chapter18:IncomeTaxesandFinancialDecisions v 130
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ConstructionAccountingandFinancialManagement,
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Themajorchangestothefourtheditionincludethefollowing
ThebusinessfailurerateforconstructioncompaniesinChapter1have
beenupdated.
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SectionsoncostsegregationandbonusdepreciationhavebeenaddedtoChapter5.
Thediscussionoftypicalmedianratios inChapter6has beenupdated. v v
Asectiononthe monitoringandcontrollingprocesshasbeenaddedtoChapter7.
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Asectiononmanagingdesign-buildcostshasbeenaddedto Chapter7. V v
Thewages,socialsecurity,andMedicarecostswereupdatedinChapters8,9,and
14. v
AweeklycashflowproblemhasbeenaddedtoChapter12.
TheincometaxregulationsinChapter13havebeenupdatedto
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incorporateprovisionsofTheTaxCutsandJobsActpassedinDecember2017.
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Theprojectcashflowsusedtodevelopanannualcashflowforaconstruction
vcompanyhavebeenexpandedtocovertheentireproject (includingworkdoneinthe V v V
vprioryear)andthecalculationoftheunderbillings/overbillingshasbeenincludedin v
Chapter14.
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TheeffectsoftaxesondecisionhasbeenupdatedinChapter18toincorporatetheTax v
CutsandJobsAct.
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The Instructor’s Manual includes a list of learning objectives, instructional hints, suggested
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activities, and resources for each chapter. Files for the figures and tables in the textbook are
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found on the instructor’s website. It is my hope that these resources will make it easier for
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course instructors to teach the material in a meaningful manner. Because the courses that use
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this textbook are quite diverse, it is impossible to organize the chapters into one best order.
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Each instructor should consider his or her individual program and determine which
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chaptersneedtobetaughtandinwhatorder.
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Bestwishes,
StevenJ.Peterson,MBA,PE