THE USEFULNESS OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT (A STUDY OF GUINESS NIGERIA PLC, BENIN CITY) BY

NWAMUO CHINENYE MOUAU/CEC/BSC/08/08/1677 | 93 pages (14856 words) | Projects

ABSTRACT

The   most   common  reports    for  external   use   are the financial statements included   in  the annual     reports  to  shareholders   (owners)   and   potential investors. These  financial   statements    are    prepared   to   conform   with "generally accepted  accounting   principle"   such   Principles"  have evolved over  time  or have  been  made   by decree from  an  official rule making body.

Accounting     principles  result  from   an   essentially  political   process.   The government  through  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (SEC) prescribed    the    methods    of   accounting    used   in   preparing   financial statements.

Also  the  accounting  profession  through  its  board,    Nigerian    Accounting Standards  Board also  issue statements  of Accounting Standards   as guide for preparers  of financial statements.

In  the light   of the above, the  researcher  examined  the  usefulness  of the statements  produced  by  the   accounting  profession's  organ    (NASB)  and how  they are  being  complied  with,  its  achievement  and  problems.

In  a  bid   to  ameliorate   these  issues,     the  researcher   took  the  following steps   to address the situation.

Chapter   one   discussed   the   origin   of  the   accounting standards  and   the needs    for  its  introduction.    It  in  fact   discussed   the  general  origin   of the accounting  profession  and   narrows it  down   to  the accounting standards issued  in  Nigeria   and   how   it  affects   financial   statements    published   in Nigeria.

Chapter     two  discussed    previous   literature   on  above   topic.   It  discussed the historical  development of the standards,  enumerated  the  users  of the standards,  the making, application,   compliance   and  the usefulness.

Chapter  three,   the judgment   type  of non  -probability  sampling was  used in  selecting   sample size.    133   people   were  used as  sample size  while   120 questionnaires  were  returned.   Data  were collected from  both   primary  and secondary  sources.   Questionnaires   and  interviews  were  used.

Chapter  four   presented   and   analyzed  the  responses,   using  tables  and percentages,   hypothesis   test  was   also   conducted  and  also   discussion  of the findings.

Chapter   five,  the researcher  summarized  the  findings of  the study and came   to   the   conclusion   that   accounting     standards     compliance    in preparing  financial  statements  contribute  numerously  not   only   to the company  -   Guinness   (Nig)   Plc,   Benin    City   but  also    to  the  nation's economy.

Accounting principles result from an essentially political process.  The government   through   the  Securities   and    Exchange   Commission   (SEC) prescribed    the   methods    of   accounting   used   in   preparing  financial statements.

Also the  accounting   profession  through   its  board,   Nigerian    Accounting Standards Board   also  issue statements  of Accounting  Standards  as guide for preparers   of financial  statements.

In  the light   of the above,   the  researcher  examined the usefulness  of the statements   produced  by  the  accounting  profession's   organ    (NASB) and how  they are  being  complied  with,  its  achievement   and  problems.

In  a  bid   to ameliorate  these  issues,     the  researcher  took  the  following steps   to address the situation.

Chapter   one   discussed   the  origin   of  the accounting  standards   and   the needs    for  its  introduction.  It  in  fact   discussed  the  general    origin   of  the accounting  profession   and   narrows  it  down   to  the   accounting  standards issued  in  Nigeria   and   how   it  affects  financial  statements    published   in Nigeria.

Chapter  two  discussed    previous   literature    on  above  topic.    It  discussed the  historical  development  of the  standards,   enumerated   the  users   of the standards,   the making, application,  compliance  and  the  usefulness.

Chapter  three,   the  judgment   type  of non  -probability   sampling was  used in  selecting  sample  size.   133  people   were  used as  sample  size  while   120 questionnaires  were  returned.  Data  were  collected  from both primary  and secondary  sources.  Questionnaires   and  interviews  were used.

Chapter   four  presented   and   analyzed  the   responses,   using  tables  and percentages,    hypothesis  test   was   also   conducted and also   discussion  of the findings.

Chapter  five, the researcher  summarized  the  findings    of the  study  and came     to    the   conclusion   that   accounting    standards    compliance   in preparing  financial  statements   contribute  numerously  not   only   to   the company  -   Guinness    (Nig)   Plc,   Benin    City   but    also    to   the  nation's economy.


•   Project  assessment                                                                 1

•   Title  page                                                                                          11

•    Declaration                                                                             lll

•   Certification                                                                            lV

•   Dedication                                                                               v

•    Acknowledgement                                                                     Vl

•   Table  of contents                                                                     Vll

•    Abstract                                                                                   Vl11

Chapter  One

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Background of the study 1-5

1.2 Statement  of problem 6

1.3 Objective   of the  study 6-7

1.4 Research questions 8

1.5 Significance   of the  study 8-9

1.6Limitation  of the  study

1.7 Research hypothesis

1.8       Definition   of terms                                                                11-12

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Historical   Development    of Accounting

2.2 Users  of Accounting Standard

2.4 Applications  and  Compliance

2.5 Usefulness/Benefits   of Standards

Chapter  Three

3.0 RESEARCH  METHODOLOGY 34

3.1 Research  Design

3.2 Population of the Study

3.3 Population  of Sample   Size

Methods for Data  Collection

Reliability   of the  Instruments

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0     DATAPRESENTION, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS 39

4. 1        Data  analysis of research  questions

4.  1.  1  Research  question  1

4.1.2   Research  question  2

4 .1.  3 Research  question  3

4.2      Testing   the  Hypotheses

4. 4     Discussion  of the  findings

Chapter   five

5.0      SUMMARY,  CONCLUSION   AND RECOMMENDATIONS     68

5. 1        Conclusion

5,2     Recommendations

5.3     Suggestion  For further Research

·Bibliography

Appendix

Questionnaire

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NWAMUO, M (2020). THE USEFULNESS OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT (A STUDY OF GUINESS NIGERIA PLC, BENIN CITY) BY. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved May 17, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-usefulness-of-accounting-standards-in-the-preparation-of-financial-statement-a-study-of-guiness-nigeria-plc-benin-city-by

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MOUAU/CEC/BSC/08/08/1677, NWAMUO. " THE USEFULNESS OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT (A STUDY OF GUINESS NIGERIA PLC, BENIN CITY) BY" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 18 Mar. 2020, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-usefulness-of-accounting-standards-in-the-preparation-of-financial-statement-a-study-of-guiness-nigeria-plc-benin-city-by. Accessed 17 May. 2024.

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MOUAU/CEC/BSC/08/08/1677, NWAMUO. " THE USEFULNESS OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT (A STUDY OF GUINESS NIGERIA PLC, BENIN CITY) BY". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 18 Mar. 2020. Web. 17 May. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-usefulness-of-accounting-standards-in-the-preparation-of-financial-statement-a-study-of-guiness-nigeria-plc-benin-city-by >.

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MOUAU/CEC/BSC/08/08/1677, NWAMUO. " THE USEFULNESS OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT (A STUDY OF GUINESS NIGERIA PLC, BENIN CITY) BY" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2020). Accessed 17 May. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-usefulness-of-accounting-standards-in-the-preparation-of-financial-statement-a-study-of-guiness-nigeria-plc-benin-city-by

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