This book takes ABC costing and it just makes it hard because it doesn't use real world examples and it does not take the extra step of simplifying the steps for you or giving you the bigger picture.Įach homework problem takes almost a half hour to complete and some of them are pretty hard. For example, in practice, the concept of ABC costing makes sense and I could probably explain it to you using some real world examples like manufacturing an iPhone or a similar popular product. The only way you are going to pass a class with this book is if you have talented professors or if you get yourself some tutoring. Some people think that accounting is just adding and subtracting numbers this book will dispel that myth by chapter three. After the first two chapters, the rest of the book will seem like a foreign language to you because it is all formula-based. You must go to class if you are using this book. This is not a book you can use to teach yourself. This is also compounded if you have poor instructors (like I had). As a student, I am telling you that this book will frustrate you and make you angry because it is needlessly complicated. Other than the HW, both editions cover the same material.Īccording to my professor and TA, this is an excellent book for managerial accounting. I think this is unethical and I think charging what they do for books like this should be a crime. The 13th edition covers the same material but the sneaky publishers changed up the numbers in the HW so you can't exactly use the 13th edition if the professor is assigning HW from the 14th. Secondly, it is very dry, uninteresting, and a pain to read. I used this for a managerial course this past summer.

Cost accounting 14th edition pdf