Book : Cost Accounting For Dummies - Boyd, Kenneth W.

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The easy way to get a grip on cost accountingCritical in supporting strategic business decisions and improving profitability, cost accounting is arguably one of the most important functions in the accounting field. For business students, cost accounting is a required course for those seeking an accounting degree and is a popular elective among other business majors.Cost Accounting For Dummies tracks to a typical cost accounting course and provides in-depth explanations and reviews of the essential concepts youll encounter in your studies: how to define costs as direct materials, direct labor, fixed overhead, variable overhead, or period costs; how to use allocation methodology to assign costs to products and services; how to evaluate the need for capital expenditures; how to design a budget model that forecast changes in costs based on expected activity levels; and much more.Tracks to a typical cost accounting courseIncludes practical, real-world examplesWalks you though homework problems with detailed, easy-to-understand answersIf youre currently enrolled in a cost accounting course, this hands-on, friendly guide gives you everything you need to master this critical aspect of accounting. From the Inside Flap Learn to:Master important cost accounting conceptsApply your skills with real-world examplesScore your highest in a cost accounting courseGet a grip on cost accounting? Easy.Cost Accounting For Dummies tracks to a typical cost accounting course and provides in-depth explanations and reviews of the essential concepts youll encounter in your studies: how to define costs as direct materials, direct labor, fixed overhead, variable overhead, or period costs; how to use allocation methodology to assign costs to products and services; how to evaluate the need for capital expenditures; how to design a budget model that forecasts changes in costs based on expected activity levels; and more.Cost Accounting 101 - find out how cost accounting relates to other areas of accounting, which types of costs are most important, and step-by-step explanations on cost-volume-profit and activity-based costingPlan for it - take a stroll through the budgeting process, analyze the differences between your budget and actual results using variances, and get the lowdown on overhead costsMake good decisions - get the scoop on cost drivers - and how they determine product price - to make good decisions in running a businessTake action - discover how to allocate costs, analyze business profitability, use shared resources, and moreOpen the book and find:Cost accounting terms and their purposesHow to use cost-volume-profit analysisThe hows and whats of activity-based costingWhy budgeting is importantThe concept of relevance in cost accountingConsiderations for process costingHow to search for measures of quality From the Back Cover Learn to:Master important cost accounting conceptsApply your skills with real-world examplesScore your highest in a cost accounting courseGet a grip on cost accounting? Easy.Cost Accounting For Dummies tracks to a typical cost accounting course and provides in-depth explanations and reviews of the essential concepts youll encounter in your studies: how to define costs as direct materials, direct labor, fixed overhead, variable overhead, or period costs; how to use allocation methodology to assign costs to products and services; how to evaluate the need for capital expenditures; how to design a budget model that forecasts changes in costs based on expected activity levels; and more.Cost Accounting 101 - find out how cost accounting relates to other areas of accounting, which types of costs are most important, and step-by-step explanations on cost-volume-profit and activity-based costingPlan for it - take a stroll through the budgeting process, analyze the differences between your budget and actual results using variances, and get the lowdown on overhead costsMake good decisions - g