ACCOUNTING INFORMATION DISCLOSURE: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF A FRUITLESS FIG TREE Victor Fegor ORIGHO MGS/PG1209622 A PAPER SUMMITED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING‚ UNIVERSITY OF BENIN BEING PARTIAL FULLFILMENT OF RESEARCH METHODOLGY COURSE REQUIREMENT MARCH‚ 2013 ABSRACT This is the first study that tries to compare the inadequacy of accounting information disclosure in meeting financial users need to the inadequacy of a blossoming tree not producing fruits
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ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYTEMS Wikipedia: An accounting information system (AIS) is a system of collection‚ storage and processing of financial and accounting data that is used by decision makers. An accounting information system is generally a computer-based method for tracking accounting activity in conjunction with information technology resources. The resulting statistical reports can be used internally by management or externally by other interested parties including investors‚ creditors and
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Chapter 1 Accounting Information Systems and the Accountant True-False Questions 1. The acronym AIS stands for “Accounting Information Standards.” 2. Accounting information systems must be computerized to be effective. 3. It is best to view an AIS as an accounting system that must be computerized. 4. AISs often create information that is useful to non-accountants. 5. In order to be useful‚ raw accounting data must be processed by a computer. 6. The path that data follow in an AIS‚ for
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Accounting Information Systems FINAL STUDY Chapter 7 The accounting cycle begins with a transaction by the customer to purchase a product and ends with the closing of accounts for the next period in the accounting cycle The methods for accounting for the accounting cycle are through Journals‚ Ledgers and Trial balances and financial statements. AIS use numeric or alphanumeric codes to record‚ classify‚ store and retrieve financial data There are 4 types of codes they are Mnemonic codes‚ sequence
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There are many accounting concepts which underpin GAAP such as the accruals and going concern concepts in particular. Going concern-it is assumed that the organisation will continue to operate indefinitely. This just means that when we draw up financial summaries‚ we do not assume the organisation is in severe financial difficulties. Accruals concept-when calculating the profit or loss of an organisation‚ all income and related expenditure for a specified period should be included‚ not simply
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An accounting information system is system that keeps record for a business to maintain its accounting system. Accounting information systems combine the study and practice of accounting with the design‚ implementation and monitoring of information systems. The use of such systems uses modern information technology resources together with traditional accounting methods to provide the users with the necessary information to manage their Organisation. Accounting information systems has its strengths
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Table of Content * INTRODUCTION...................................................................08 1.0 INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS)………………………………......08 2.0 ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM (AIS)…..................08 3. O History OF AIS……………………………………………………‚.08 4.1 TYPES OF AIS…………………………………………………......09 4.1 MANUAL SYSTEM…………………………………………………….. 09 4.2 LEGACY SYSTEM……………………………………………………....09 4.3 REPLACEMENT OF LAGACY…………………………….……..……10 5.0 COMPONENTS OF AIS…………………………………………..10 5.1 PEOPLE………………………………………………………………
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Accounting Information Systems Article Critique Introduction In the modern business management‚ information technology has become a very important tool‚ which has been used in different fields. As the branch of information system‚ accounting information system is the most important economic information in the enterprise; it continual‚ systematic and comprehensive reflects and supervises the condition of business. The purpose of this paper is to review one article and to discuss three relevant
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Accounting Information System Overview a) Define Accounting Information System (AIS) (3 marks) An accounting information system is a collection of data and processing procedures that creates needed information for its users. It also can define as the information subsystem within an organization that accumulates and processes information from the entity’s various subsystems and communicates this information to the organization’s users. b) Compare and contrast between
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Discussion I. I. Accounting information system is a combination of collecting‚ recording‚ storing‚ and processing data of a business. The advancement of technology initiates business firms to seek for new innovations that would greatly help in business functions. As what Dillon and Kruck (2004) had explained‚ “at the start of the 21st century‚ business organizations are facing an explosion of global competition and innovation and facilitating this explosion is the increasing ability of organizations
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