Complete the following statements with one of the terms listed here. You may use a term more than once, and some terms may not be used at all.

a$.$ US companies must follow GAAP $($or International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS, in the case of companies

headquartered in many countries outside of the United States$)$ in their

systems.

b$.$ Financial accounting develops reports for external parties such as

and

c$.$ When managers evaluate the company's performance compared to the plan, they are performing the

role of management.

d$.$

are decision makers inside a company.

e$.$

provides information on a company's past performance to external parties.

f$.$

systems are not restricted by GAAP $($or International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS, in the

case of companies headquartered in many countries outside of the United States$)$ but are chosen by comparing the costs

versus the benefits of the system.

g$.$ Choosing goals and the means to achieve them is the

h$.$

systems report on various segments or business units of the company.

i$.$

statements of public companies are audited annually by CPAs.