Businesses and organizations have their data regulated under recent compliance laws, and under these regulations data can be classified as private, confindential, interal use only, and public domain.
An example of public domain information is financial statements, especially if the corporation is public and trades shares in the market.
Lots of information have restricted access though, sometimes being only available to all the employees of the firm (interal use only), or a minority of them (confidential and private).
b. can be tailored to the needs of the internal user.
Explanation:
Managerial accounting information is basically for internal users, and is not aimed to provide information to external users. It aims of future projections.
It need not follow the US GAAP process, as there is no statutory requirement.
Shareholders are considered external for this purpose, as internal ones are, management, employees, labor etc:
Therefore, it does not help shareholders.
It does not report any kind of business results, it only aims to regulate transactions and accordingly planning future goals.
Therefore, correct option is
b. can be tailored to the needs of the internal user.
