Chapter 14 states that the purpose of managerial accounting is to provide useful information to aid in three key managerial tasks: Determining the costs of an organization's products and services. Planning future activities. Comparing actual results to planned results. Instructions: Thinking about your current or past jobs, or if you've never had a job talk to someone you know that has had one, and discuss some of the reports or potential reports (those that the business should think about developing to help manage the business)