1.0INTRODUCTION Any organization, manufacturing or non-manufacturing that knows its owns requires an effective accounting system for its continuous existence. We have in the post head of firms that folded up due to one reason or the other. When properly investigated as to what brought about its folding up, one may not be surprised that it was due to negligence in operating an affective accounting system. Every manufacturing / non-manufacturing industry needs an effective proper accountin...
ABSTRACT The title of this research work is, problems and prospects of local government finance/accounting in Nigeria” with particular reference to Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State. It has been identified that accounting and financial reporting in the public sector particularly at the local government level was not given adequate attention. In the course of carrying out this study, the following objectives among others were set which included. The identification of major causes...
1.0RESEARCH BACKGROUND 1.1INTRODUCTION The term “fund accounting” is as old as the world itself. The origin of fund accounting could be traced to the parable of talents in the holy Bible (Mathew 25: 14-30) about a man who delivered his goods to three of his servants and traveled to a far country two of them traded with their and made profits while the third went and buried his in the ground. When the time for accounting for the fund came they all rendered their accounts for the...
ABSTRACT Accounting can be defined as the recording summarizing analyzing and interpretation of an organization. Accounting system is a set of rules regulations and procedures which are articulated by a appropriate theoretical force into a system. Ti process data into information which are required as input in the decision making system of the organization. Based on these definitions accounting of public sector involves activities of collecting analyzing recoding summarizing reporting and i...
INTRODUCTION Responsibility accounting is the third type of management accounting information. It is called by that name because the accounting information is structured according to organization units, which are responsibility centers. Responsibility accounting collects and reports information that is used in an important management function and management control. RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING DEFINITION An information system designed to a measure the performance of that segment of a busin...
ABSTRACT Financial planning and control is important in an organization in the sense that it ensures proper planning and implementation of cash flow in the organization. Financial planning and control also discover fraud and irregularities of financials. In recent time, financial planning and control have been overviewed and emphasized by most organization. Consequently, fraud, loss, theft of cash and material are of increase with case of financial planning and control weakness in the sys...
INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Working capital management involves not only the management of current assets but also the management of current liabilities and the relationship between the two. Time is the feature of all items making up working capital. Working capital describes the assets and liabilities of a business that are related directly to its trading activities. Some of them are held to enable the business to function, such as debtors and creditors. They are the items ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to study the impact of effective internal control system in the local government in Nigeria as a process of achieving financial accountability. Also to show what happens when such a system is found ineffective. It equally aimed at providing possible solutions based on the findings and making of some recommendations when implemented will reduce some of the problems encountered in the process of maintaining financial prudence and accountability. The so...
ABSTRACT In an attempt to analysis the importance attached to auditing as a tool for certifying the financial statement of business enterprise, the researcher had to be very briefly re-cap the origin of auditing and above all those factors that in the first instance necessitated it. Auditing, it was noted became very prominent in the business cycle the world over precisely in the 17th century following the inception of company form of business. The birth of this form of business arrangement a...
INTRODUCTION It has been thirty-nine years since the first group of professionally qualified accountants came into existence in Nigeria under the name “the association of accountants in Nigeria” this association was absorbed by our institute created by an act of parliament No 15 of 1956 which came into force on 1st of September 1965. the institute has over 17,000 member and 90,000 student on its register presently. The institute of chartered accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) is the only prof...
ABSTRACT This study examines the accounting systems of the public and private sectors with special references to Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umumdike Abia state and Marlum Nigeria Ltd., Emene Enugu. Adequate care has been taken to make a comparative analysis of the two accounting systems. The systems aims at establishing and maintaining accurate and reliable accounting data, information and records, promotes operational efficiency and effectiveness and adhere to prescribed go...
ABSTRACT The study was focused on the importance of value added tax in terms of revenue generation. A core study of federal Inland Revenue service Enugu office. Data were collected from primary and secondary, questionnaire was also included. Report evidence indicated that the importance of value added tax in terms of revenue generation and the introduction of the added tax (VAT) and generation of revenue though other forms of taxation. It also has to find one, the problem associated with VAT ...
INTRODUCTION Nigeria as a nation blessed with both human and natural resources can attain high economic development with little effort and sincerity on the part of her citizens. One of the ways to achieve this economic development is through the establishment of an industries to process the huge maturely resources into conformable goods. Therefore the establishment of small-scale industries all over the country is a right step in the right direction. This will help the country to channel both...
ABSTRACT Due to the tagged stereotype that what belongs to the government belongs to nobody; there has been the unfortunate general feeling among Nigerians that “it is no crime to misappropriate to personal use, government resources or funds with careless abandon”. Against this backdrop there is a problem of financial management and accountability in Isiala Ngwa South Local government Council. Despite all the provisions in the financial memorandum and checks and balances system, there a...
ABSTRACT Federal parastatla are set up by the federal government of Nigeria to archive some certain objectives. Some of this objective is to provide the goods and services, which the private sector cannot provide because of lack of inventible capital funds. Nowadays, a good number of the federal parastatla perfumers below average including ht federal radio cooperation Enugu, which is the core of the study. The study is aimed at appraising the funding other federal radio cooperation in Enugu w...