Accounting Research Papers/Topics

FINANCIAL REPORTING IN NIGERIA, PROBLEM AND SOLUTION

ABSTRACT The unprecedented master influx of financial reporting in the country party as a result of deregulation policies occasioned by sometimes government intervention has aroused the curiosity of writers to carry out study of this nature. This reporting apparently act as a fool for management decision. The problem does not lie on management decision per se but the financial market in general and public users as a whole. Thus the cord of this study is to find among other things need, avenue...

INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING FRAUD IN NIGERIA FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIAN PLC ONITSHA

ABSTRACT  This research work was on the internal control system as a means of preventing fraud in  Nigerian Financial Institutions.  However for a more detailed study a case study was carried on First Bank Plc Onitsha Head Office.  The bank understudy was selected by simple random sampling.  This study was necessitated because of the Increasing wave of Bank fraud in Nigerian in recent times as reported by the Nigerian dailies.  Therefore the need to investigate these reports and if conf...

FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONTROL AS A TOOL FOR MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY.

ABSTRACT Planning and control have become part and parcel of our daily lives. We may even resent it when it is imposed. But we have come to realize that it is an essential factor in national, business and private life. This project “Financial planning and control as a tool for management efficiency” aims to finding out how financial planning and control has helped management organization to achieve their efficiency.Chapter one of this project gives a general introduction of what financial...

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AS A TOOL OF STRATEGIC PLANNING IN BUSINESS ORGANISATION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Change and organizational implication of change are very much in minds of modern/managers. And managers as become increasingly aware of the need and for a better information technique and process to cope with risk and uncertainties that are the future of change. management assignments of the likely, impact of constantly concurring economic social and technological change necessitate the need to carryout vigorous process of anticipating change, plotting it course and sh...

ADEQUACY OR INADEQUACY OF WORKING CAPITAL: ITS IMPORTANCE AND IMPLICATION.

INTRODUCTION The primary aim of establishing or going into business is to optimize profit and as well as to ensure continuity of that business concern. When one person (sole trader ) of group of person (partnership of companies limited by shares or guarantee) intends forming a business entity he will need both fixed and current assets to facilitate a smooth take off, these fixed and current assets will by funded from both long term liabilities and current liabilities (or capital) as the case ...

AN ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNIQUES OF DETERMINING SOLVENCY IN THE NIGERIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN BREWERIES PLC ENUGU

ABSTRACT  In the contemporary and ever dynamic business world, there has been an increasing shift in management concepts a shift in emphasis from production management to marketing management and now to management of resources at the firms disposal.  Management now strive to achieve sound and stable financial standing by concentrating efforts on financial planning and control.  The firm has to allocate its limited resources among alternative uses.  If resources were unlimited, there would...

THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING IN THE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE

INTRODUCTION 1.1GENERAL MEANING OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTINGIn the public sector organization exhibit a variety of social economic, political and legal characteristics. They have different pattern of accountability. They have different objectives and are financial in many ways. They also have different organizational structure.Generally, public accounting may be defined as  a composite activity of collecting, analyzing, recording, summarizing and interpretation of the financial transactions of the g...

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF ACCOUNTING FOR THE STUDENTS OF ACCOUNTING IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

1.1INTRODUCTION Background to the study:Accounting is the systematic complication of financial information for use in making economic decision. It is the mechanism and body of of principles through which business activities that are capable of being expressed in terms of money are recorded, classified and periodically summarized and interpreted. Lexicon Universal encyclopedia (1980 edition). Accountants interprets financial information by explaining it’s meaning, uses and limitations. Accor...

THE ROLE OF AUDITORS IN CONTEMPORARY TIME

1.1INTRODUCTION The role of an auditor are impressed by the layman is that of an auditor being in quest of errors, theft, defalcation and fraud. But  the impression of various accounting society on the role of auditor cuts across this limit of layman view. Accountant see the purpose of audit by an auditor beyond the layman view to include the inquiry of the truth and fairness of the entity affairs as represented in their records, whether they have prepared it in accordance with the general a...

AN APPROVAL OF THE ROLE OF COMPUTER IN ACCOUNTING INFORMATION

INTRODUCTION Since creation, there has been quest by man to improve on the quality of his life style and existence. This ever-increasing quest has been necessitated and propelled by the need to address the changes posed by the environment. Born out of this need, a number of inventions have been made in virtually to the field of disseminating information in accounting. The term paper is designed to examine various aspects of our lives and the society at large has been affected by the advert of...

FINANCIAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ENUGU STATE MINISTRY OF FINANCE.

INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Financial control and accountability as the name implies means the proper management and control of financial aspects, the efficiency effective and management of finance of the organisation.  The finance control and management law 1968 is designed for control and management for the public financial and maters connected there with and it stipulates under section 33 that the accountant general shall under to the auditor general accounts showing the finan...

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MONETARY POLICY IN CONTROLLING INFLATION IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This research work was embarked to aid you to study the effectiveness of monetary policy in controlling inflation in Nigeria. The need to the study was informed by the tend inflationary growth over the years and also the impact of the inflation in achievement of the four basic economic growth, price, stability, high level of employment and low inflationary rate for favourable balance of payment. Many research works have been carried out on this issue previously but despite all the go...

THE COMPUTER AND AUDITING PRACTICE IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT We are in the jet age. Nigeria cannot do without computers. A world that is ever increasing and raised with the quest to improve - one quality of its environment.  The aim of this study was to enable auditors to adapt to the computer environment. The chapters run from one to three and justice has been done to this topic.   TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGEII APPROVAL PAGEIII DEDICATIONIV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTV ABSTRACTVI TABLE OF CONTENTVIII CHAPTER ONE 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY1 1.2STATEME...

CAPITAL MARKETS, ITS NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE

ABSTRACT This work is designed to assess the Nature of capital market, its significance, mode of operation, its contributory functions in general and narrowly in Nigeria contact.  The problems associated with the development of capital market in developing countries using Nigeria as an example.   TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGEII APPROVAL PAGEIII DEDICATIONIV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTV ABSTRACT CONTENTSVI CHAPTER ONE 1.1INTRODUCTION1 1.2STATEMENT OF PROBLEM2 1.3OBJECTIVES OF STUDY3 1.4SIGNIFICANCE OF S...

THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Auditors have a role to play in the economic development of Nigeria, but this is not achieved because of the problems are uncompromising attitude on the part of their client’s staff, conflict during report writing, absence of accounting manuals in the organisations, the ambiguous nature of the Nigeria companies, decree and other acts.  The project investigates the causes and solutions to the problems. Form the findings, the true position is that, the problems of auditors range fro...


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