In: Accounting
? 1.Contrast financial and managerial accounting on the basis of user orientation, purpose of information, level of aggregation, length of time period, orientation toward past or future, conformance to external standards, and emphasis on objective data.
Financial Accounting |
Managerial accounting |
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User Orientation |
it is targeting to general users like shareholders, investors, and government |
It targets to managers and to policy makers and management |
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Purpose of information |
Purpose of accounting is to provide raw information for decision making |
it provides data on decision making |
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level of aggregation |
it is aggregated at initial level of operations |
it is aggregated at the top management level |
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length of time period |
it is targeting generally to an accounting period |
It works over a number of periods |
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Orientation toward past or future |
its orientation is external |
its orientation towards internal |
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conformance of external standards |
Accountants has to follow various rules relating to accoutning like IFRS, GAAP etc. |
while it is not required into managerial accounting |
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Emphasis on objective data |
data provided by financial accounting is the basis of managerial accounting |
data and reports generated by managerial accounting are used for decision making |