FA1 - Tutorial 1 - Solution
Q1. Distinguish between management accounting and financial accounting.
Management accounting measures and reports financial as well as other types of
information that may be useful to managers in fulfilling the goals of the organisation.
Financial accounting focuses on external reporting that is guided by generally accepted
accounting principles.
Q2. Who are the users of financial accounting?
Investors, customers, competitors, employees, government, community, analysts, suppliers,
lenders and managers