ACCT200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Management Accounting, Financial Statement, Net Income

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Chapter 10 - management accounting: a value-added discipline. Financial accounting deals with regulated, historical, financial information that pertains to the whole company and is designed primarily to meet the information needs of outsiders. The value-added principle means that management accountants are free to engage in any information gathering and reporting activity so long as the activity adds value in excess of its cost. Estimates of future product costs are permissible in managerial accounting reports for budgeting and product costing but would not be allowed by financial regulations in financial accounting. Both financial and managerial accountants need cost information about the company"s products and services. In financial accounting, cost information about the product is needed to determine ending inventory on the balance sheet and cost of goods sold on the income statement. Product costing in financial accounting can impact the decisions of not only managers but also outsiders such as investors, creditors, and taxing authorities.

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