Corporate law. Incorporation is the formation of a new corporation (a corporation being a legal entity that is effectively recognized as a person under the law). The corporation may be a business, a non-profit organization, sports club, or a government of a new city or town.
Managerial accounting involves collecting, analyzing, and reporting information about the operations and finances of a business. These reports are generally directed to the managers of a business, rather than to any external entities, such as shareholders or lenders. The functions of managerial accounting include: 1  Margin analysis. 2  Breakeven analysis. 3  Constraint analysis. 4  Target costing. 5  Inventory valuation. 6  Trend analysis. 7  Transaction analysis. 8  Capital budgeting analysis.
DEFINITION of 'Managerial Accounting'. The process of identifying, measuring, analyzing, interpreting, and communicating information for the pursuit of an organization's goals. This is also known as cost accounting.. Next Up.