THE DETERMINANT OF AUDIT FEE IN QUOTED FIRM IN THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Auditing is a fundamental concept in accountancy profession. The amount charged by the professional accounting firm has attracted a great deal of concern among academic researchers and practitioners. International Standards on Auditing No.15 (2011), audit fees are the amount paid to financial auditors for the certification of … Read more

CREDIT MANAGEMENT AND ISSUES OF BAD DEBTS IN COMMERCIAL BANKS IN NIGERIA

2.1. THEORETICAL FRAME WORK Credit management and issues of bad debts in commercial banks in Nigeria has been a topic of constant debate among economists and policy makers. The need and criteria for lending have been extensively discussed in the literature review. The Webster Dictionary of Banking (1987) defined bank credit as the process or … Read more

FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT AS A PANACEA FOR PREVENTING CORPORATE FRAUD IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Forensic accounting integrate accounting, auditing and investigating skills. It is a specially practice area of accounting that describes engagement that result from actual or anticipated disputes or litigation. Forensic according to the Webster’s dictionary means, belonging to, used in, or suitable court of judicature or to public discussion … Read more

CORPORATE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Management Information Systems are the instrumentation of an organization. Their interfaces to the human controllers of business serve as the ‘dials and gauges’ that allow these controllers to ‘read o’ the current state of their organization. They may record and model all or part of the organization’s … Read more

AN EVALUATION OF IMPACT OF COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

AN EVALUATION OF IMPACT OF COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IN UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA UBA NIGERIA PLC CHAPTER ONE 1.0. INTRODUCTION During the primitive age very little or no notes were taken into proper record especially those activities and transactions involving money. The records and notes were usually taken either in memory (human being) or some … Read more

INTERNAL AUDITING AS A TOOL OF CONTROL IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PARASTATALS

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION In Nigeria, successive governments, since independence have set up autonomous organizations with legal independence and powers, having the initiative of private enterprises to carry on developmental activities of commercial or industrial nature. Thus, the emergence of Ahmadu Bello University teaching Hospitals with headquarters in Samaru Zaria is charged with the responsibility … Read more

THE CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF AUDITING IN A COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Human being, either young, old, literate and illiterate are all product of their various environment i.e. the environment (internal or External) affects them either positively or negatively, even their work and inputs into anything, due to the rational and unpredictable nature of man, that makes them react to stimulants. Before considering, … Read more

THE EFFECT OF AUDITING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The dynamic nature of business environment growth and increasing complexity of business has made it imperative for management to seek for more avenues of control, which has resulted internal audit which serves as a control measure in both public and private sector. It is now rare indeed … Read more

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