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5. Difference
1
2
3
4
5
All steps of accounting
process
There is need for special skills
and qualification
Accounting begins where book
keeping ends
Aids decision making
Financial position can be
ascertained
AccountingBook keeping
Only first three steps of
accounting process
No need for special skills and
qualification
Base for accounting
Does not aid decision
making
Financial position cannot be
ascertained
7. Other Fields of Accounting
Deals with past events to find results
Also called post mortem analysis
1. Financial Accounting
8. Other Fields of Accounting
2. Cost accounting
01 02
focus is on
cost
Helps identify
cost
Guides in
reducing &
controlling cost
03
9. Other Fields of Accounting
Focus on
management
Internal use
Guides in
decision
making
Related to cost
accounting
3. Management accounting
10. Accounting for
• Social costs
• Social benefits
Other Fields of Accounting
4. Social responsibility accounting
11. Other Fields of Accounting
5. Human resource
accounting
Identify and report investment in HR
Cost vs benefits
New concept
12. Users of Financial Information
1. Investors
01 02
To make
decision – buy,
sell , hold ???
To know
whether they
can expect
dividend
Proprietorship - to
decide whether to
continue or not
Why??
03
13. 2. Employees
Users of Financial Information
How stable is their
job
Why??
Expectation of
bonus / increments
14. Users of Financial Information
3. Lenders /Suppliers/ Creditors
Different or
same ?
Why??
To know if their
dues will be paid
or not
Whether to continue
giving credit in
future
15. 4. Customers
Users of Financial Information
Why?
If the supply of goods will continue or not
If business is the only one of its kind
16. 5. Government and Agencies
Users of Financial Information
01
To control prices for
basic goods
02
To design taxation
systems
03
To decide credit for
important sectors
04
To allocate
resources
Why??
17. 6. Public
Users of Financial Information
Media
Potential
customers
Who?
Potential
investors
18. 7. Management
Users of Financial Information
Why??
Decision making
Future planning
Budgeting
19. Limitations of Accounting
Ignores non monetary factors
Ignores price level changes and inflation
Not always exact , since estimates are made
Manipulation or window dressing
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