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It generally involves the establishment of cost centres, and often profit centres, with associated budgeting, forecasting and reporting activity.
It generally involves the establishment of cost centres, and often profit centres, with associated budgeting, forecasting and reporting activity.
Management accounting is sometimes also known as ''cost and management accounting''.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Absorption costing]]
* [[Accounts]]
* [[Accounts]]
* [[Activity-based costing]]
* [[Budget]]
* [[Budget]]
* [[CertICM]]
* [[CertICM]]
* [[Corporate financial management]]
* [[Corporate financial management]]
* [[Cost centre]]
* [[Cost centre]]
* [[Costing]]
* [[Direct costs]]
* [[Financial reporting]]
* [[Financial reporting]]
* [[Fixed costs]]
* [[Indirect costs]]
* [[Forecast]]
* [[Forecast]]
* [[Profit centre]]
* [[Profit centre]]
* [[Variable costs]]


[[Category:Financial_management]]
[[Category:Financial_management]]
[[Category:Knowledge_and_information_management]]
[[Category:Knowledge_and_information_management]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]

Revision as of 19:36, 6 February 2019

Management accounting is primarily concerned with the provision of information to internal managers for the purposes of planning, controlling and decision making.

It generally involves the establishment of cost centres, and often profit centres, with associated budgeting, forecasting and reporting activity.


Management accounting is sometimes also known as cost and management accounting.


See also