K/601/0941 Unit 4 Management Accounting BTEC (HND) Travel and Tourism

Task 1

P1. Explaining management accounting and essential requirements of management accounting system.

Management accounting system is the basic and necessary system to manage the company’s financial resources in a systematic manner. Focus of financial accounting is on the preparing information for external parties such as stockholders, public regulators and lenders. Besides, management accounting system is based on some essential principles which help company to develop the reports for internal and confidential use by managers for decision making and identifying ways to run company efficiently (Ax and Greve,  2017). Moreover, it enables Tech UK limited to make product costing, trend analysis and forecasting as well as market constraints.

Distinguishing Management Accounting from financial accounting

Similarities: Both; financial and management accounting system are the part of accounting information system. Accounting systems enable company to analyze its financial statements and take the suitable decision making approach. Another similarities between both of them is they are economic events are dealt in both system accounts. Financial accounting has given more new challenges and opportunities to adopt new portfolio of investment (Bromwich and Scapens, 2016). Besides, management accounting is the system that manages those systems on certain principles. Besides, another similarities between management accounting and financial accounting is both the terms are equally concerned with financial statements, revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities and cash flow (Fayard, 2015). Both determining and measured of costs for different accounting periods and even for different departments and sections.

Differences:

Basis	Financial Accounting	Management Accounting
Accounting Method	Financial accounting follows the double entry accounting method while entering the business transactions such as transactions, summarizing, recording, etc (Fullerton, Kennedy and Widener, 2014).	Management accounting system only manages the system. It is not based on any double entry system.
Accounting Principles	Financial accounting system adopts Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)	(GAAP) is not important for management accounting system.
Period of time	Financial accounting system is based on one year.	Management accounting system relies on the situation.
Purpose of Report	Financial accounting system’s main purpose is to present potential investors, shareholders, customers, creditors, regulatory authorities, suppliers and employees (Maas, Schaltegger and Crutzen, 2016).	Management accounting system. Is the moreover, transport and making good goals.  It also makes good changes and better opportunity, Management accounting make when.

Importance of management accounting information as a decision making tool for department managers

Tech UK limited company took advantage from management accounting information for various decision making approaches (Messner, 2016). Management accounting system is the most required and cost effective approach in order to meet the needs of organization. It helps to analyze the cost accounting system. It helps to determine what company should sell and how they will be going to sell it. With the help of this, Tech UK limited will easily make their marketing cost evaluate process. Along with that, it is the activity based costing technique in which company decides to whom they sell the products. For that the same, management accounting helps to use the activity based costing technique.