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What is Managerial Accounting and How Does it Differ from Financial Accounting?

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Managerial accounting, also known as management accounting, involves identifying, measuring, interpreting, and communicating information to management to assist them in planning, decision-making, and risk management. How managerial accounting looks at data. Major tasks of managerial accounting.

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The Impact of AI on the Accounting Profession

CPA Practice

Cost accounting and inventory management: This includes standard cost systems, activity-based costing, and cost-volume-profit analysis, among others. It’s essential for companies to effectively manage their inventory costs and control the manufacturing process.

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