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True or False: Modern managers need both financial and nonfinancial information that traditional GAAP-based accounting systems are incapable of providing.

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Answer:True

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Managerial accounting focuses on internal users, including executives, product managers, sales managers, and any other personnel in the organization who use accounting information for decision-making. focuses on internal users—executives, product managers, sales managers, and any other personnel within the organization who use accounting information to make important decisions. Managerial accounting information need not conform with U.S. GAAP. In fact, conformance with U.S. GAAP may be a deterrent to getting useful information for internal decision-making purposes. For example, when establishing an inventory cost for one or more units of product (each jersey or hat produced at Sportswear Company), U.S. GAAP requires that production overhead costs, such as factory rent and factory utility costs, be included. However, for internal decision-making purposes, it might make more sense to include nonproduction costs that are directly linked to the product, such as sales commissions or administrative costs.

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