47 IN A MEMO TO YOUR NEW ASSISTANT, SUSAN THOMPSON, EXPLAIN TO HER THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING

You have recently hired a new assistant, Susan Thompson, who previously worked in a financial accounting office preparing journal entries, which provide you with a recording of the day-to-day activities of the company and financial statements (income statement, statement of owners’ equity balance sheet, and cash flow statement). Although your new assistant has experience with and fully understands financial accounting, she has no experience with managerial accounting.