In: Accounting
Create a comparing table for managerial and financial acoounting on the positions you concider the most important. Supply your choice with explanations.
| Basis | Financial Accounting | Managerial Accounting | 
| Meaning | Recording, classifying, summarising and interpret the financial record of the company | Management accounting helps the management in decision making about business | 
| Scope | Its scope is limited | Its scope is much broader | 
| Application | it shows the true and fair view of the financial position of the company | It helps the management on how to achieve the desired result by taking meaningful steps and strategy | 
| Dependence | Financial accounting does not depend on management accounting | Management accounting is entirely depended on financial accounting to take the right decision | 
| Statutory Requirement | It is legally mandatory to prepare financial accounts as per company and income tax laws | Management accounting has no statutory requirement. it entirely depends on management needs. | 
| Format and presentation | Fixed and specific formats per accounting standards used for presenting and recording information. | 
 No fixed or set format is available for presentation  | 
| User | mainly for the investor, stakeholder, and potential investors | Only for Mangement | 
| Rules | Financial accounting is prepared as per GAAP and IFRS | No rules for Mangement accounting | 
| Basis of decision making | Historical data are the base for taking the decision | Historical and prediction information used for decision making |