Final Flashcards
Financial accounting
- provides info. designed for users who are not involved with day to day management of the business (provers of capital: investors/creditors - gov/ regulators (SEC, FTC)
- summarized by fin. stmts in accordance with GAAP
- Fin. stmts subject to audit and public dissemination for publicly belt companies
- fin. stmts provide info that is historical in nature
Financial accounting
- provides info. designed for users who are not involved with day to day management of the business (provers of capital: investors/creditors - gov/ regulators (SEC, FTC)
- summarized by fin. stmts in accordance with GAAP
- Fin. stmts subject to audit and public dissemination for publicly belt companies
- fin. stmts provide info that is historical in nature
Financial accounting
- provides info. designed for users who are not involved with day to day management of the business (provers of capital: investors/creditors - gov/ regulators (SEC, FTC)
- summarized by fin. stmts in accordance with GAAP
- Fin. stmts subject to audit and public dissemination for publicly belt companies
- fin. stmts provide info that is historical in nature
Managerial accounting
- provides info. designed for use by managers, officers, employees to improve business operations
- no standardized info requirements - not governed by GAAP - bc info depends what mgmt wants to know
- typically includes more detailed info
- not subject to audit or public dissemination
- commonly includes budgetary info and forecasts
Managerial accounting
- provides info. designed for use by managers, officers, employees to improve business operations
- no standardized info requirements - not governed by GAAP - bc info depends what mgmt wants to know
- typically includes more detailed info
- not subject to audit or public dissemination
- commonly includes budgetary info and forecasts
FIN/MAN? - to better understand how individual product lines are selling in various geographic locations
Managerial information is a better source
FIN/MAN? - to identify the % markup on cost on each of numerous products sold by a company?
Mangerial information
FIN/MAN? - To identify the total gross margin % on all company sales over the last 12 months?
Financial information better source
FIN/MAN? - to anticipate the amount of borrowings required to support operations over the next 6 months?
managerial information
FIN/MAN? - to calc the P/E ratio for the company’s stock at a certain market price based on historical earnings
Financial information
FIN/MAN? - To project how many units of sales are required to generate a 20% increase in gross margin for the next year?
Managerial information
FIN/MAN? - to determine the amount of bonuses due certain sales personnel based on the achievement of individual sales quotas?
Managerial information
FIN/MAN? - to understand how a company has generally been financed to date?
Financial information
FIN/MAN? - to evaluate how a company has generally been financed to date
Financial information
FIN/MAN? - To evaluate a company’s overall liquidity as of the end of the last fiscal year?
Financial information
FIN/MAN? - To determine and propose specific job terminations department by department in implementing a cost reduction plan
Managerial information
FIN/MAN? - to better understand how individual product lines are selling in various geographic locations
Managerial information is a better source
—income stmt shows gross information - not information one each product line - thats in mgmt
FIN/MAN? - to identify the % markup on cost on each of numerous products sold by a company?
Mangerial information
FIN/MAN? - To identify the total gross margin % on all company sales over the last 12 months?
Financial information better source
—get information on income stmt - historical information on gross sales for 12 months
FIN/MAN? - to anticipate the amount of borrowings required to support operations over the next 6 months?
managerial information
–forecasts done by mgmt for budgeting to support operations for next 6 months
FIN/MAN? - to calc the P/E ratio for the company’s stock at a certain market price based on historical earnings
Financial information
–found using historical earnings per share in income stmt
FIN/MAN? - To project how many units of sales are required to generate a 20% increase in gross margin for the next year?
Managerial information
FIN/MAN? - to understand how a company has generally been financed to date?
Financial information
—information on balance sheet
FIN/MAN? - To determine and propose specific job terminations department by department in implementing a cost reduction plan
Managerial information