Financial accountancy (or financial accounting) is the field of accountancy concerned with the preparation of financial statements for decision makers, such as stockholders, suppliers, banks, employees, government agencies, owners, and other stakeholders. The fundamental need for financial accounting is to reduce principal-agent problem by measuring and monitoring agents' performance and reporting the results to interested users.
Financial accountancy is used to prepare accounting information for people outside the organization or not involved in the day to day running of the company. Managerial accounting provides accounting information to help managers make decisions to manage the business.
In short, Financial Accounting is the process of summarizing financial data taken from an organization's accounting records and publishing in the form of annual (or more frequent) reports for the benefit of people outside the organization.
Financial accountancy is governed by both local and international accounting standards.
Basic accounting concepts
Financial accountants produce financial statements based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles of a respective country.
Financial accounting serves following purposes:
producing general purpose financial statements
provision of information used by management of a business entity for decision making, planning and performance evaluation
for meeting regulatory requirements
Financial accountancy is used to prepare accounting information for people outside the organization or not involved in the day to day running of the company. Managerial accounting provides accounting information to help managers make decisions to manage the business.
In short, Financial Accounting is the process of summarizing financial data taken from an organization's accounting records and publishing in the form of annual (or more frequent) reports for the benefit of people outside the organization.
Financial accountancy is governed by both local and international accounting standards.
Basic accounting concepts
Financial accountants produce financial statements based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles of a respective country.
Financial accounting serves following purposes:
producing general purpose financial statements
provision of information used by management of a business entity for decision making, planning and performance evaluation
for meeting regulatory requirements