It is not every business that profit oriented. Some business are for charity like some non governmental organizations. Nevertheless, the role of accounting in any profit oriented business cannot be overlooked ad it is needed to know if the business is progressing or not.Accounting is very important in business because without giving account of business it can not function very well,in business you need account to no if you gain or lose,also in business you need to know if you are not losing because losing is not good, business without profit is useless