Cost accounting and product costing are two accounting methods for determining the cash needed to create goods and services. A company's decision to use either accounting technique can have lasting ...

Kaplan, Robert S., and Robin Cooper. "How Cost Accounting Systematically Distorts Product Costs." Chap. 8 in Accounting and Management: Field Study Perspectives ...

Suppose you buy a major asset like a new piece of machinery. Under standard accounting rules, you cannot write off the cost of the machinery in the year you incur the expense. Rather, you have to ...