Cost Accounting For Dummies, 2nd Edition

About the Author

Ken Boyd, a former CPA, has over 37 years of experience in accounting, education, and financial services. Ken is the owner of Accounting Accidentally and provides written and video content on accounting, personal finance, and entrepreneurship topics. His YouTube channel (kenboydstl) has hundreds of videos on accounting and finance.

In recent years, Ken has served as an adjunct professor of accounting at the Cook School of Business at St. Louis University (SLU). He has written hundreds of articles for QuickBooks, Investopedia, and a number of other publications.

Ken is married and lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife Patty. They have three adult children: Kaitlin, Connor, and Meaghan.

Dedication

I dedicate this book to my father, Bill Boyd, who was a hero to me. I would also like to dedicate this book to my wife and closest friend, Patty, and our children. Finally, this book is dedicated to my dear friend, Dave Pannell, who convinced me to follow my true path in 2007, and to become a “professional explainer.”

Author’s Acknowledgments

I want to thank Erin Calligan Mooney, acquisitions editor, for the opportunity to write this book. Thanks also to Matt Wagner of Fresh Books Literary Agency, who presented me to Wiley. I owe a huge debt of thanks to Barry Schoenborn, who served as the technical writer for the first edition of this book. His wit, wisdom, and work ethic helped me become a writer.

Many thanks to the Wiley team: Zoë Slaughter and Daniel Mersey, ...