ACCOUNTING PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 2561. AN ASSESSMENT OF ETHICAL THOUGHTS IN ACCOUNTING AND EFFECTS ON ACCOUNTING PRACTI...

  » INTRODUCTION During the seventeenth century at the instance of the growth of the Corporations andthe industrial revolution,the thought of ethical concept in Accounting began as observed by Rhotark(2004) that the industrial revolution, which is conventionally regarded as beginning in the 1760swith the invention of power machinery, had several consequences of far reachingimportance to the history of...Continue Reading »

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• 2562. NARROWING AUDIT EXPECTATION GAP THROUGH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

  » 1.0 Introduction Business transactions are recorded as the basis for financial reporting to stakeholders. Owing to separation of ownership from management, auditing of entities’ financial statements is a crucial necessity (Okafor and Otalor, 2013). The audit function is entrusted with the task of expressing an opinion on the reality of the reported economic activities of enterprises. However...Continue Reading »

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• 2563. DETERMINANTS AND DYNAMICS OF TRADE CREDITS: EVIDENCE FROM QUOTED SMES IN NIGERIA

  » Abstract This study examined the factors influencing trade credits allowed by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. The study employed secondary data collected on trade credits and firm specific factors from the audited annual reports and accounts of 34 non financial quoted firms and macroeconomic variables, collected from the Statistical Bulletin of the Central Bank of Nigeria, ov...Continue Reading »

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• 2564. ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT ...

  » INTRODUCTION The picture of how well a firm has performed can be derived from the evaluation of information contained in accounting reports of the firm. Managers, therefore, owe it a duty to the various stakeholders especially, investors to prepare accounting reports that express the true and fair view of the business transactions for the period specified. According to the BPP Learning Media (2012...Continue Reading »

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• 2565. THE NEXUS OF DIVIDED PAYOUT AND PROFITABILITY PERFORMANCE OF INSURANCE FIRMS IN ...

  » abstract The article examined the influence of profitability performance on dividend payout of insurance firms in Nigeria for duration of five years 2010 – 2014 using multiple regression. The study used dividend payout as a dependent variable which is measured in form of ratio to the earning per share against return on Asset, Return on Equity and Return on Investment, profitability ratios as...Continue Reading »

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• 2566. TAX PLANNING AND INFORMATION CONTENT OF TAXABLE INCOME OF LISTED COMPANIES IN NI...

  » Introduction Despite the fact that government at various level can not survive in attending to the request of their citizens without taxation, attitude of tax payers to their civic responsibilities have been in negative. It ranges from minimising the tax payable, to deliberate decision not to pay at all. Tax planning is a veritable tool at the disposal of tax payer to reduce the burden of tax paid...Continue Reading »

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• 2567. REGULATORY SHOCKS AND SHAREHOLDERS’ RETURNS IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

  » INTRODUCTION 1.0 CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY There is the general notion that regulatory shocks significantly impact the ability of managers of financial institutions to generate adequate returns for their shareholders.The managers of financial institutions in Nigeria also share this sentiment as evident by the constant reference to regulatory headwinds as a reason for poor or dwindlin...Continue Reading »

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• 2568. AN EXAMINATION OF DETERMINANTS AND IMPROVING INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE FOR PO...

  » ocates varying revenue generation and spending powers. The increasing cost of running government coupled with dwindling revenue has left various state governments in Nigeria with formulating strategies to improve the revenue base. More so, the near collapse of the National Economy has created serious financial stress for all tiers of government. Hardest hit are the state governments all of whom ha...Continue Reading »

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• 2569. AN EVALUATION OF ACCOUNTING SYSTEM OPERATING IN STATE MINISTRIES

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This project work is undertaken with a view to evaluate the modus operandi of the accounting system operating in Enugu state ministries with special reference to the ministry of finance. To this end, this chapter set out the background to the study, defines some key concepts of the study gives the objective of the study and states the problems in the accounting system ...Continue Reading »

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• 2570. CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA AS A CATALYST TO NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY AND DEVELOPMEN...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Economic policies are deliberate actions by the authority geared towards influencing total spending, output, income, cost of money, employment and other economic activities in an economy. Economic development on the other hand is defined as a process whereby the real precipitate income of a country increases over a period of time (I day 2005:52)...Continue Reading »

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• 2571. EVALUATION OF CASH AND CREDIT MANAGEMENT POLICIES AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR AVOIDING ...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Taxation can simply be seen as a compulsory transfer or payment (or occasionally of goods and service) from private individuals, Institutions or groups to the government, Anyanwu, (1998). It is a burden which every citizen must bear to sustain his or her government. Another perspective of the definition has it that, taxation is the compulsory payment levied by the gove...Continue Reading »

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• 2572. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF THE MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANIES TOWARD THE N...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Taxation can simply be seen as a compulsory transfer or payment (or occasionally of goods and service) from private individuals, Institutions or groups to the government, Anyanwu, (1998). It is a burden which every citizen must bear to sustain his or her government. Another perspective of the definition has it that, taxation is the compulsory payment levied by the gove...Continue Reading »

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• 2573. THE CHALLENGES OF COST BENEFITS ANALYSIS IN A COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

  » CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYComputer has been defined as electronic machine that accept data (input) processes it to produce useful result (output). It is also capable of storing information. It uses predefined instruction known as computer programs to execute the task in order to produce output. Computers technology has helped in no small measure in activating the problems e...Continue Reading »

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• 2574. THE IMPACT OF A GOOD INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZA...

  » CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Internal control can be defined as the whole system of internal control, financial and otherwise established by management in order to carry on the business of the enterprise in an orderly and efficient manner, ensure adherence to management policies, safeguarded the assets and secure as far as possible the completeness and the accuracy of reco...Continue Reading »

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• 2575. THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN A CORPORATE ORGANISATION

  » INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Financial management involves all activities of a financial manager concerned with arising of capital, planning cash and credit requirement including the effective control of financial resource. The activities could be segregated as follows: i. Converting forecasts into plans and budgets ii. Planning the appropriate capital structure iii. Raising cash from ...Continue Reading »

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• 2576. THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL MOTIVATION ON WORKERS PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED MANUFACTUR...

  » CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION This chapter comprises of back ground of the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the study, significance of the study, research question, scope of the study, limitations of the study, and definition of terms. 1.1 Background of the Study There is a general belief that the productivity of our manufacturing firms are generally low as compared to those of other countries...Continue Reading »

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• 2577. THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING IN THE CONTROL OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS OF THE NIGER...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In most developing countries Nigeria, government’s participation in economic activity is usually significant. One of the ways through which the government has intervened in the Nigeria economy is through the establishment of public enterprises. Public enterprises are statutory bodies operating services of an economic or social character or...Continue Reading »

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• 2578. THE PROBLEMS OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX GENERATION AND ADMINISTRATION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION: It has been popularly known and an established fact to the people in the state that the era of economic boom of gigantic proportion which was popularly nicknamed the OIL BOOM is order and therefore, a call for the need for increased drive for revenue generation has become inevitable. Now states have generally intensified their efforts for generation of taxes in their vari...Continue Reading »

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• 2579. AN APPRAISAL OF INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Internal control has attained greatest significance in large scale business organizations. It is of great assistance to both the management and auditors of such organization because it enables them to carry on the business in an orderly and efficient manner. It safeguard its assets and secure the accuracy and reliability of records. The primary aim of an org...Continue Reading »

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• 2580. THE USEFULNESS OF FINANCIAL RATIO ANALYSIS AS A TOOL FOR ENHANCEMENT OF CORPORAT...

  » Chapter One INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Financial ratios are tools used to analyze financial conditions and performance. Financial analysis means different things to different people. Trade creditors are primarily interested in the liquidity of the firm being analyzed. Their claims are short term and the ability of the firm to pay these can be judged by an analysis of its liquidity. O...Continue Reading »

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