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BE19-1 Complete the following comparison table between managerial and financial

accounting.

Financial Accounting Managerial Accounting

Primary users of reports External users: stockholders, Internal users: officers and
creditors, and regulators managers.
Types of reports Financial statement. Internal reports.
Frequency of reports Quarterly and annually. As frequently as needed.
Purpose of reports General-purpose. Special-purpose for specific
decisions.
Content of reports Pertains of business as a Pertains to subunits of the
whole. business.
Highly aggregated Very detailed.
(condensed) Extends beyond double-entry
Limited to double-entry accounting to any relevant
accounting and cost data. data.
Generally accepted Standard is relevance to
accounting principles. decisions.
Verification process Audited by CPA. Externos No independent audits.

BE19-3 Determine whether each of the following costs should be classified as direct
materials (DM), direct labor (DL), or manufacturing overhead (MO).
(a) DM Frames and tires users in manufacturing bicycles.
(b) DL Wages paid to production workers.
(c) MO Insurance on factory equipment and machinery.
(d) MO Depreciation on factory equipment.

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