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Financial accounting Managerial Cost accounting

accounting
Collection. Financial Collection Managerial Collection: the cost accounting
accounting reports on the outcome accounting almost always reports is to determine the methods by
of an entire report at a more detailed level, such as which expenditure on materials,
profits by product, merchandise, wages and overhead are recorded,
customer, and geographical
classified and allocated.
district.

Merit.( Financial accounting Merit whereas managerial Merits: identifies gain less,
must comply with various accounting accounting does not have to unprofitable activities, inventory
standards like GAAP and IFRS FASB comply with any standards when control, identifies reasons for loses
etc, information is compiled for
internal utilization.

Value effectiveness. Value effectiveness Value effectiveness:


Financial accounting reports on the whereas managerial accounting provide consistent clear performing
profitability and therefore the reports individually what is objectives, reduce organizational
productivity of a business, causing complication and how to involvement, provide knowledge
fix them tools to succeed
Proven statistics. Financial Proven statistics Proven statistics: the
accounting requires that records be Managerial accounting frequently company can allocate its resources
kept with reasonable correctness, deals with estimates, rather than to more profitable areas and see
which is needed to prove that the proven and verifiable truth. how and where cost flows, this is
financial statements are correct.
called cost allocation.

Reporting focus. Financial Reporting focus Reporting focus:


accounting is oriented toward the Managerial accounting is more Reports only to the organizations
creation of financial statements, concerned with up and running central management to aid their
which are assign both within and reports, which are only allocate decision-making
outside of a company. For example within a company. For example
summarizing, analyzing business profit of product, product line, etc
financial position such as
government agencies

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