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Construction Accounting and Financial Management,
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4th Edition Steven J. Peterson
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Chapters 1 - 18, Complete Newest Version
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Construction Accounting and Financial Management,
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, CONTENTS
New to the Fourth Edition
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Chapter 1: Construction FinancialManagement
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Chapter 2: Construction Accounting 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 ofMoney
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Chapter 16: Financing a Company’s FinancialNeeds
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Chapter 17: Making Financial Decisions
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Chapter 18: Income Taxes and Financial Decisions
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Construction Accounting and Financial Management,
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The major changestothe fourthedition include the following
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• The business failure rate forconstructioncompanies inChapter 1 have been
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updated.
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• Sections oncost segregationand bonus depreciationhave beenadded to Chapter 5.
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• The discussionoftypical medianratios inChapter 6 has beenupdated.
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• Asectiononthe monitoring and controlling process has beenadded to Chapter 7.
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• Asectionon managing design-build costs has been addedto Chapter 7.
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• The wages, socialsecurity, and Medicare costs were updated inChapters8, 9,and
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• Aweeklycash flow problemhas been added to Chapter 12.
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• The income taxregulations inChapter 13 have beenupdatedto incorporate
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provisions ofThe 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
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company have beenexpanded to coverthe entireproject (including work doneinthe
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prior year) and the calculation of the underbillings/overbillings has been included in
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Chapter 14.
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• The effects oftaxes ondecision has beenupdated inChapter 18to incorporatetheTax
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Cuts and Jobs Act.
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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
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use this textbook are quite diverse, it is impossible to organize the chapters 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 inwhat order.
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Best wishes, b
StevenJ. Peterson, MBA, PE b b b b
Construction Accounting and Financial Management,
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4th Edition Steven J. Peterson
b b b b
Chapters 1 - 18, Complete Newest Version
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Construction Accounting and Financial Management,
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, CONTENTS
New to the Fourth Edition
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Chapter 1: Construction FinancialManagement
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Chapter 2: Construction Accounting 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 ofMoney
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Chapter 16: Financing a Company’s FinancialNeeds
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Chapter 17: Making Financial Decisions
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Chapter 18: Income Taxes and Financial Decisions
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Construction Accounting and Financial Management, b b b b
, iii
Construction Accounting and Financial Management,
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, New to the FourthEdition b b b b
The major changestothe fourthedition include the following
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• The business failure rate forconstructioncompanies inChapter 1 have been
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updated.
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• Sections oncost segregationand bonus depreciationhave beenadded to Chapter 5.
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• The discussionoftypical medianratios inChapter 6 has beenupdated.
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• Asectiononthe monitoring and controlling process has beenadded to Chapter 7.
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• Asectionon managing design-build costs has been addedto Chapter 7.
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• The wages, socialsecurity, and Medicare costs were updated inChapters8, 9,and
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• Aweeklycash flow problemhas been added to Chapter 12.
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• The income taxregulations inChapter 13 have beenupdatedto incorporate
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provisions ofThe 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
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company have beenexpanded to coverthe entireproject (including work doneinthe
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prior year) and the calculation of the underbillings/overbillings has been included in
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Chapter 14.
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• The effects oftaxes ondecision has beenupdated inChapter 18to incorporatetheTax
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Cuts and Jobs Act.
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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
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use this textbook are quite diverse, it is impossible to organize the chapters 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 inwhat order.
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Best wishes, b
StevenJ. Peterson, MBA, PE b b b b