AN APPRAISAL OF ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY History has it that the concept of accountability of public funds dates backs to the history of ancient Greece. As old as theory is‚ it would not be erroneous to say that the idea has been equally lost to antiquity although not much is known about it‚ this makes the subject‚ government accounting to remain a myth. Accounting in the public sector has received such a wide attention from
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Explain the importance of defining the objectives‚ scope and success criteria of the decisions to be taken To be able to make accurate decisions‚ the objective needs to be clear otherwise the outcome may not be as required. The scope is similar in the fact that it should outline what the decision is to be made in regards to. It could be a statement in regards to a number of objectives. The success criteria could be a number of outcomes that need to be achieved. Without any of these you won’t know
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British Journal of Arts and Social Sciences ISSN: 2046-9578‚ Vol.8 No.I (2012) ©BritishJournal Publishing‚ Inc. 2012 http://www.bjournal.co.uk/BJASS.aspx Effectiveness of Internal Audit in Tanzanian Commercial Banks Dr.Jayalakshmy Ramachandran Asst. Professor‚ Nottingham University Business School‚ Seminyih‚ Malaysia‚ Email: jayalakshmy.rama@nottingham.edu.my 60386248779 Dr.Ramaiyer Subramanian ‚ Lecturer‚ Faculty of Business and Law‚ Multimedia University‚ Malaysia. Email: ramaiyer.subramaniam@mmu
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An accounting information system (AIS) is a structure that a business uses to collect‚ store‚ manage‚ process‚ retrieve and report its financial data so that it can be used by accountants‚ consultants‚ business analysts‚ managers‚ chief financial officers (CFOs)‚ auditors and regulatory and tax agencies. In particular‚ specially trained accountants work with AIS to ensure the highest level of accuracy in a company’s financial transactions and recordkeeping and to make financial data easily available
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Internal Control: Management Information System (MIS) The OLUS HOTEL is a 100% Filipino-owned corporation duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission since June 2009. It is a three-story building along Quezon Hi-way. Situated at the techno hub district of Quezon‚ its presence has helped spur the current thrust and development of other areas going farther north. This synergistic relationship has given several competitive advantages‚ which are translated into profits for the sustainable
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An accounting information system (AIS) is the system of records a business keeps to maintain its accounting system. This includes the purchase‚ sales‚ and other financial processes of the business. The purpose of an AIS is to accumulate data and provide decision makers (investors‚ creditors‚ and managers) with information to make decision While this was previously a paper-based process‚ most modern businesses now use accounting software such as UBS‚ MYOB etc. Information System personnel need basic
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JAJMANI System Introduction The real India breathes in its villages.India is a land of villages with around 70 % of its population still residing in it .The basic characteristics of the Indian villages are: a)Still practising their old age custom and traditions. b)Illiteracy has still bound them into shackles which needs to be addressed in the indian village c)Cate is still a social evil which is prevalent in the villages. d)Caste
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check to ensure that the minutes do not exceed the predetermined value of 60 and hours don’t exceed a predetermined value. Regular hours-worked field in weekly payroll must be less than 40 hours‚ if this is exceed the company has to pay overtime. The system should have some kind of sign to alert the user that 40 hours have been exceeded. B. The accounts receivable file was destroyed because it was accidentally used to update accounts payable. -All files should have header labels to identify their
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Review of Applications of Accounting Information System of Petroleum INTRODUCTION: Today the competitive world has thrown more challenges to the corporate world. More transparent and clear information to the corporate management and its customers also has been the trick of success in today’s market. A company can gain confidence and attract more customers if it is very transparent‚ clear substantial and subjective in its information it provides to its investors and managers. Keeping
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A. FIRM AND ITS OBJECTIVE: Conventional theory of firm assumes profit maximization is the sole objective of business firms. But recent researches on this issue reveal that the objectives the firms pursue are more than one. Some important objectives‚ other than profit maximization are: (a) Maximization of the sales revenue (b) Maximization of firm’s growth rate (c) Maximization of Managers utility function (d) Making satisfactory rate of Profit (e) Long run Survival of the firm (f) Entry-prevention
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