Accountants have many roles to play in the development of every economy. The growth and development of every economy hinges on how resources are judiciously managed and multiplied. Accounting is all about cost savings and this I am sure is the back bone of economic development and growth. Some of the roles of accountants in […]
Archives for May 2010
PROBLEMS ACCOUNTANTS FACE IN THE GOOGLE AGE
I use the phrase ‘Google age’ to represent the age of information superhighways because that is the age we are living in now. Eras where changes occur too fast that one hardly digest any change before they disappear. Problems faced by accountants in this age takes after the age that we are in. Changes in […]
ACCOUNTANTS AND ASSURANCE SERVICES; ASSURANCE SERVICES THAT CAN BE PERFORMED BY ACCOUNTANTS
Accountants as professionals are at the forefront in the industry of assurance service providers. Assurance service is all about lending credibility to information. This development is a direct response to the call from the general public to all accountants to wake up from their slumber and do what they are supposed to do in the […]
ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM; WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT
Accounting information system (AIS) is one aspect of accounting that has been greatly misunderstood and misinterpreted. I am writing this article because of the experience I had in one of the seminars I attended recently. I won’t mention the name of the organizers of the seminar so that they won’t feel hurt (egotistically). But, I […]