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What is the difference between Marginal and Financial Accounting System? how does GP differ from Contribution margin / PV Ratio?

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Question added by Jacob Nelson Cutinho , Accountant , Emirates Beton Ready Mix LLC
Date Posted: 2016/11/23
Tanveer Ali
by Tanveer Ali , Accounts Manager , Damcon Engineering Solution Pvt Ltd

Managerial accounting is more concerned with operational reports, which are only distributed within a company. Standards. Financial accounting must comply with various accounting standards, whereas managerial accounting does not have to comply with any standards when it compiles information for internal consumption.

Gross Margin is the Gross Profit as a percentage of Net Sales. The calculation of the Gross Profit is: Sales minus Cost of Goods Sold. The Cost of Goods Sold consists of the fixed and variable product costs, but it excludes all of the selling and administrative expenses.Contribution Margin is Net Sales minus the variable product costs and the variable period expenses. The Contribution Margin Ratio is the Contribution Margin as a percentage of Net Sales.

Majid Wangade
by Majid Wangade , Senior Accountant , KANTOUR LIMITED COMPANY ( Real Estate, Construction and Asset Management )

Managerial accounting is the process of identifying, measuring, analyzing, interpreting and communicating information for the pursuit of an organization's goals. This branch of accounting is also known as cost accounting.

Financial accounting is a specialized branch of accounting that keeps track of a company's financial transactions. Using standardized guidelines, the transactions are recorded, summarized, and presented in a financial report or financial statement such as an income statement or a balance sheet.

 

Gross Margin is the Gross Profit as a percentage of Net Sales.

 

 

Contribution Margin is Net Sales minus the variable product costs and the variable period expenses. 

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