You’d be surprised.  Accounting information is much more widely used than commonly believed.  There are three major groups of accounting information users.  The first (perhaps obviously) is made up of those who manage a business.  The second (again, perhaps obviously) is made up of those outside the business, but who have a direct financial interest in the business.  The third is everyone else; those people, organizations, agencies, etc., who have an indirect financial interest in the business.  Have a financial interest (indirect or otherwise) in an organization is like betting on a ball game – it makes you pay attention.