Lecture Note
University
California State UniversityCourse
ACCT 230 | Introduction to Managerial AccountingPages
2
Academic year
2023
Mahmoud Mehrez
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Managerial accounting notes Management accounting is the internal business responsible for managing the company's financial record . - Business owners often use marketing management to allocate marketing costs to products or services, plan working capital, and forecast production or sales. - Ethics is an important Article Financial Management by which companies can establish a code of ethics or conduct that determines ethical behavior for accountants. The IMA Standards refer to the following ethical standards in financial management: competence, confidentiality, integrity and trust. Specialization is the accountant's ability to develop and develop their financial knowledge and skills. Confidentiality requires accountants to disclose information only at the discretion of their supervisors. Integrity prevents accountants from committing crimes . Reliability is the accountant's ability to communicate accounting information fairly and objectively to all business stakeholders Misconceptions - Departments Companies can choose to act unethically in a business environment. A business owner may decide that unethical behavior is not necessarily illegal, and this assumption creates a gray-shaded area in business. -Management accountants will continue to push ethical boundaries when writing and reporting financial information. -Manufacturers should provide a detailed description of an external review of the process, including questions. Function - Management Ethics Ensure that all financial information is disclosed to the owner, manager or manager. - Business people who do not disclose bad information or use financial information for personal development in the company can cause serious legal problems for the business. - Business owners often need all the information, good or bad, when analyzing the business and making decisions about . - Accounting ethics also ensures that all employees can rely on business information. Timing of information Financial statements showing past changes and events are not immediately available to outsiders. An independent certified public accountant should generally audit a company's financial statements before they are made available to external users. As a result, financial information is often not available to the outside world until well after the deadline, as audits often take weeks to complete. However, administrators can quickly access financial management information. External Estimates and estimates are welcome. For quick information, administrators often accept lower rates on reports. For example, an internal report for management, prepared just after year-end, might report annual revenue of between $4.1 and $4.8 million.
A later income statement may show a profit of $4.7 million for the year. Internal report is incorrect, but its information may be more useful because it can be used first. Internal audit plays an important role in financial management. External users use financial information to compare companies and must be protected against false or false information. Therefore, the financial sector relies on general principles and procedures, or generally accepted principles governed by GAAO. Internal users need information management to plan and manage their company's activities, not for external comparison. They need different types of information depending on the activity. This makes it difficult to standardize management accounting systems across companies. In contrast, management accounting systems are flexible. The design of the company's management system mainly depends on the nature of business and its internal working arrangements. Administrators can decide for themselves what information they want and how they want to publish it. Even within the same company, different managers often create their own systems to meet their specific needs. An important question managers should ask is whether the information collected and reported is useful for planning, decision making, and management objectives .
The Role of Managerial Accounting in Financial Management
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