ConstructionAccountingandFinancialManagement,
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Chapters1 -18, CompleteNewestVersion
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Construction Accounting and Financial Management,
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New tothe Fourth Edition
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Chapter 1: ConstructionFinancialManagement
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Chapter 2:ConstructionAccounting Systems
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Chapter 3:Accounting Transactions
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Chapter 4:More Construction Accounting
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Chapter 5: Depreciation
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Chapter 6:Analysis of FinancialStatements
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Chapter 7: Managing Costs
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Chapter 8: Determining Labor Burden
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Chapter 9:Managing GeneralOverhead Costs
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Chapter 10:Setting Profit Margins for Bidding
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Chapter 11:Profit Center Analysis
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Chapter 12:Cash Flows For Construction Projects
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Chapter 13:Projecting Income Taxes
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Chapter 14: CashFlows for a Construction Company
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Chapter 15: Time Value of Money
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Chapter 16:Financing a Company’s Financial Needs
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Chapter 17: Making Financial Decisions
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Chapter 18: Income Taxes and Financial Decisions
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The major changestothe fourthedition include thefollowing
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Thebusiness failurerateforconstructioncompanies inChapter 1have be
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enupdated.
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Sectionsoncost segregationand bonus depreciation have beenadded to Chapter 5. B B B B B B B B B B B B
Thediscussion oftypical medianratios in Chapter 6 has been updated.
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Asection onthe monitoring and controlling process hasbeenadded to Chapter 7.
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Asectionon managing design-build costs has been addedto Chapter 7.
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Thewages, socialsecurity, andMedicare costswereupdated inChapters8,
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Aweeklycash flow problem has been added to Chapter 12.
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The incometaxregulations inChapter 13have beenupdatedto incorpora
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teprovisions of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December 2017.
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The project cash flows used to develop an annual cash flow for a construction c
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ompany have beenexpanded to coverthe entireproject (including work done i nthe
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prior year) and the calculation of the underbillings/overbillings has been i ncluded in
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Chapter 14.
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The effectsoftaxes ondecision has beenupdated inChapter 18to incorporatet heTax
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Cuts and Jobs Act.
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The Instructor’s Manual includes a list of learning objectives, instructional hints, suggest ed
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activities, and resources for each chapter. Files for the figures and tables in the textb ook are
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found on the instructor’s website. It is my hope that these resources will make i t easier for
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course instructors to teach the material in a meaningful manner. Because th e courses that
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use this textbook are quite diverse, it is impossible to organize the chapte rs into one best
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order. Each instructor should consider his or her individual program and determine which
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chapters need to be taught and in what order.
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