Accounting Research Papers/Topics

Challenges of women starting a business enterprise in Nigeria (a case study of textile sellers in Lagos island)

ABSTRACT This study is aimed at examining the challenges of women in starting a business enterprise in Nigeria with reference to textile seller in Lagos Island. The specific objectives include: (i) to examine the factors that motivate women enterprise with the sector; (ii) to determine the relationship between the factors that motivate women entrepreneurs and the challenges they face in business (iii) to examine the relationship between the factors that motivate women entrepreneurs and the...

THE IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMME ON ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES

ABSTRACT This research work impact of SAP on accounting principles is deliberated to give a prevailing constraint and has been narrowed down by insufficient write up in the topic,. To carry out the research this subject has been divided into five chapters. Chapter one contains the introduction of SAP and fundamental accounting principles. It went further to state the problem to be studied and why this research was carried out the scope and limitation of the study. A number of past related lit...

Coporate social responsibility, and strategic tax

Abstract This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility and firms’ strategic tax in Nigeria with the use of secondary data, sourced from ten (10) randomly selected firms’ annual report and financial summary between “2005-2014”. The study makes use of ordinary least square for the analysis of collected data. Findings from the analysis show that the sample firms invested less than ten percent of their annual profit to social responsibility due to their stra...

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EXPENDITURE CONTROL METHODS IN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATELY OWNED HOSPITALS.

ABSTRACT This research work on A Comparative Study of Expenditure Controls method in Government and private Hospitals is aimed at studying and analysing the different methods of expenditure control that is being adopted by these hospitals, their practical application and their level of effectiveness. It is aimed at carrying out a comparative analysis of two hospitals. To achieve the aim of this research, secondary data through textbooks and journals were used to review some of the related lit...

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF INVENTORY VALUATION METHODS ON FINANCIAL REPORT STATEMENT IN SOME MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN ENUGU STATE

                                                          ABSTRACTThis research work was conducted on with special reference to the impact inventory valuation methods has on financial report statements of manufacturing companies. For a longtime now the Accounting profession has not been able to come up with any particular technique or method to be used uniformly in valuing inventory. This research work examined if the method used was as...

THE IMPACT OF INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES OF COMMERCIAL BANKS ON THE ECONOMY (A CASE STUDY OF UNION BANK AND FIRST BANK PLC)

ABSTRACT This study was able to ascertain a review of the investment activities of commercial banks – the impact it has on the economy judging from the fact that the consistent decline in the nations external reserve is as a result of little attention to the productive sector of the economy. This research work was able to identify the various forms of investment undertaken by the commercial banks specifically that of First Bank and Union Bank having identified them, it also went further to ...

AN APPRAISAL OF REVENUE COLLECTION METHODS IN GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS. (A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA TEACHING HOSPITAL ENUGU)

ABSTRACT   The intention of the this research work is to analysis the various methods of revenue collection in government establishments and to find out how far these methods of revenue collection achieved the objectives of the organisation, university of Nigeria teaching Hospital Enugu as a case study. The research will be carried out through series of oral interviews and distribution of questionnaires, the data that will be collected will be analyzed as well as interpreted by the researche...

PREVENTION OF FRAUD THROUGH CONTROL TECHNIQUES (A SURVEY OF SELECTED FIRMS IN PORT HARCOURT)

ABSTRACT The alarming rate at which fraud is being perpetrated in the business world has been a thing of great concern to the accountancy profession and well – meaning individuals in the society. This has given rise to discourses in the academic papers, etc. on circumstances that lead to fraud perpetration and ways of curbing this menance. A study was conducted to determine the extent of fraud in companies in Port Harcourt and Aba and the control techniques that could be adopted to prevent ...

THE INTERNAL AUDITING AS AN INSRUMENT FOR EFFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT (A CASE STUDY OF INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY I.M.T.) ENUGU

1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ABSTRACT The vital instrument for the control of the organizational resources is the internal control which has internal audit as its instrument. This important father makes the researcher to choose “internal auditing as an instrument of effective management. For this project, the institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu has been used as a case study.  The researcher made use of both primary and secondary data, structured questionnaires...

ACCOUNTING FOR PENSIONS AND GRATUITY (A CASE STUDY OF ANAMBRA STATE)

ABSTRACT A research work into Accounting for pensions and Gratuity (A case study of Anambra State) cannot be over – emphasized. In pursuance of this investigation the research used both primary source of data collection, like Questionnaire as well as secondary sources such as text books, Journals, Articles, etc. The data collections were the analysis using are Agree, Strongly Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree. Effect was made in this research work to investigate on the constraints encounte...

AN APPRAISAL OF THE EFFECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CONSUMER CREDIT IN NIGERIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS. [A CASE STUDY OF DIAMOND BANK LTD ENUGU]

                                                      ABSTRACT Due to the rapid changes in the business of banking and rapid changes in the business environment in which such business are being conducted, the issue of consumer credit service or product cannot be over emphasized. Banks are established to make profit. Are these profits made at the expense of the customers or is it as a result of the service produced by these banks? Nowadays banks have seen the urgent ...

ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE IN POST PRIMARY INSTITUTION (A CASE STUDY OF NSUKKA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA EDUCATION ZONE)

INTRODUCTION 1.0BACKGOUND OF THE STUDY Accounting procedure in post primary institutions means the process or system by which the various governments approved fees are collected and accounted for by accredited revenue collectors. Revenue as income to any organization, institution is there to the government as blood is to human being.  The need for there to be accuracy accounting procedure is to prevent error in the records so that they show the true and fair view of the post primary institut...

ACCOUNTABILITY AND BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND PLANNING, ENUGU)

ABSTRACT  As a result of rapid increase in the socio-economic problem of this nation and also millions of naira wasted at project sites and the collapse of our economic sector, the writer decided to survey the avenues in which these wasted funds could be curtailed and our economic problems ameliorated.  It was assumed that most of this problem arose as a result of poor budgetary and economic policies implementation for this, the writer introduced the study in chapter one of this thesis with...

ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL IN DECISION MAKING (A CASE STUDY OF EMENITE COMPANY ENUGU)

1.0BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Accounting provides information which is vital for the economic decisions that have to be made by individuals and the companies. Accounting counting is a way of giving management the financial information and control it needs to run a portable business or an efficiency organization.Accounting has been defined in so many ways in different people. According to Onovo (2004) accounting is an act or process by which an economic environment which focuses on dealing with i...

USES OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION IN ANALYSING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF A FIRM (A CASE STUDY OF UAC OF NIG. PLC)

ABSTACT The purpose of this work was to examine the use of accounting information in analyzing the financial position of a firm and UAC of Nigeria plc formed the case study .In pursuit of this objective, a survey was conducted with the use of questionnaire, observation and face –to – face interview method. The use of this survey produced data and information which were analyzed in the project. The study comprises of five chapters.The first chapter dealt on introduction of crucial issues.C...


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