which can include managers, investors, creditors, and regulatory agencies.
Accounting is an information system. It measures business activities, processes data into reports, and communicates results to decision makers. Accounting is “the language of business.”
Don’t confuse bookkeeping and accounting. Bookkeeping is a mechanical part of accounting, just as arithmetic is a part of mathematics.
Financial accounting provides information for decision makers outside the entity, such as investors…
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