While I take your point, I often see people who don't really understand accounting avoid the topic entirely by fully outsourcing the preparation of their financ

While I take your point, I often see people who don't really understand accounting avoid the topic entirely by fully outsourcing the preparation of their financial statements. This often leads to disaster because I've noticed that if you're not really on top of your outsourced service provider, they get sloppy/lazy and make lots of mistakes.