{"id":172,"date":"2018-04-16T21:24:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T21:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=172"},"modified":"2024-04-29T16:45:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T16:45:59","slug":"why-it-matters-managerial-accounting-in-business","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/chapter\/why-it-matters-managerial-accounting-in-business\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Managerial Accounting in Business","rendered":"Why It Matters: Managerial Accounting in Business"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Why learn about managerial accounting?<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-1850 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2985\/2018\/04\/17225817\/accountant04-lg-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Figures with a pen, glasses and a calculator resting on them.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\r\n\r\nThere are many differences between financial accounting and managerial accounting. Financial accounting is a requirement, in order to have the information available to prepare tax returns, and financial statements. Outside investors, banks and regulatory agencies need historical information to provide funding and to impose taxes.\r\n\r\nManagerial accounting on the other hand is not a regulatory requirement, but it is a requirement for a business to plan and make good decisions. Without managerial accounting, it may be difficult for a business to show a profit, create effective pricing and cost models and overall, be a business that can last.","rendered":"<h2>Why learn about managerial accounting?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1850 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2985\/2018\/04\/17225817\/accountant04-lg-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Figures with a pen, glasses and a calculator resting on them.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are many differences between financial accounting and managerial accounting. Financial accounting is a requirement, in order to have the information available to prepare tax returns, and financial statements. Outside investors, banks and regulatory agencies need historical information to provide funding and to impose taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Managerial accounting on the other hand is not a regulatory requirement, but it is a requirement for a business to plan and make good decisions. Without managerial accounting, it may be difficult for a business to show a profit, create effective pricing and cost models and overall, be a business that can last.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-172\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Why It Matters: Managerial Accounting in Business. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Freedom Learning Group. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Figures with a pen, glasses and a calculator resting on them.. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Nick Youngson. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Alpha Stock Images. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.picserver.org\/a\/accountant-5.html\">http:\/\/www.picserver.org\/a\/accountant-5.html<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":62559,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Why It Matters: Managerial Accounting in Business\",\"author\":\"Freedom Learning Group\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Figures with a pen, glasses and a calculator resting on them.\",\"author\":\"Nick Youngson\",\"organization\":\"Alpha Stock Images\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.picserver.org\/a\/accountant-5.html\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-sa\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"c7ac58e4-2bf5-487e-ab30-112477ad0d17","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-172","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":104,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62559"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3150,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/172\/revisions\/3150"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/104"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/172\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-accountingformanagers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}