To provide an accounting management device which constructs an accounting system corresponding to various conditions and sets a locally- connected picture reader to be peripheral equipment realizing accounting when the locally-connected picture reader is shared and utilized by a plurality of devices, and to provide a peripheral equipment using device, an accounting managing system, an accounting managing method, an accounting displaying method, a storage medium and a program.

An image reader sharing server 302 stores and manages accounting setting information structure based on accounting setting on the sharing of an image reader 301 by client PC 303, makes a response to the inquiry of the acquirement of accounting setting information structure from the client PC 303, collects and stores/manages use information on the sharing of the image reader 301 from client PC 303, calculates an accounting result on the actual use of the image reader 301 on the basis of use information and the accounting setting information structure and stores and manages the result.