Government ensures that a company's disclosure of accounting information is in accordance with the regulations that are in place to safeguard the interest of varied stakeholders who depends on such information in forming their decisions
General public can also have an interest in accounting information of a corporation. These could include journalists, analysts, academics, activists and individuals with an interest in economic developments
Accounting has a long tradition, with its roots in the earliest transactions between individuals, from writing on wet clay tablets to now logging into a web spreadsheet
Accountants are those who evaluate data, keep accounts and interpret information for companies, from one-person ventures to large organizations, about financial and operational activities
Managerial accounting describes the financial details that management needs for the primary users to schedule, monitor, and estimate the activities of an entity