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  • Do Managers Respond to Tax Avoidance Incentives by Investing in the Tax Function? Evidence from Tax Departments  Li, Zhongyang (John) ( University of Oregon , 2021-04-27 ) While prior literature examines the role of incentives in motivating top managers to engage in corporate tax avoidance, there is little evidence on the specific actions that managers take in response to these incentives. ...
  • Are Critics Right About Quarterly Earnings Guidance? An Examination of Quarterly Earnings Guidance and Managerial Myopia  Quinto, Claire ( University of Oregon , 2020-09-24 ) I examine the claim that managers who issue quarterly earnings guidance sacrifice long-term value to enhance short-term performance, i.e., that quarterly earnings guidance encourages myopic behavior. I find that quarterly ...
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  • Individual Executive Characteristics and Firm Performance: Evidence from CEO Narcissism  Perez, Rebeca ( University of Oregon , 2017-09-06 ) Narcissism refers to persistent feelings of grandiosity, a need for admiration, and a lack of empathy (American Psychiatric Association 2013). The literature has found narcissism to be associated with individuals making ...
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  • Financial Accounting Standards, Audit Profession Development, and Firm-Level Tax Evasion  Williams, Brian ( University of Oregon , 2016-02-23 ) In this study I investigate the relation between (1) country-level financial accounting standards and audit profession development and (2) firm-level tax evasion. I investigate this relation using a confidential dataset ...
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  • Private Litigation as a Regulator of Accounting Standards  Cutler, Joshua ( University of Oregon , 2015-08-18 ) I examine the impact of the trend of private class actions targeting alleged violations of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). I document the specific allegations in GAAP lawsuits and find that allegations ...
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Accounting Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Two Studies Examining the Effects of Industry Controversy on Accountability and Social and Environmental Accounting , Jacob Lennard

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Three Papers Examining the Impact of Non-financial and Supplier Diversity Disclosures on Investors' Judgments and Decisions. , Andria Hill

Two Studies Examining The Effects of Tax Salience, Informational Justice, and Autonomy on Taxpayer Behaviors , Jason Schwebke

Two Studies Investigating Institutional Theory and Municipalities' Payments in Lieu of Taxes Programs in Nonprofit Organizations , Gregory Stone

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Three Studies on Cybersecurity Disclosure and Assurance , Patricia Navarro Vekez

System Justification Theory: Synthesizing and Applying its Theoretical Motivations in Behavioral Accounting Research , Wioleta Olczak

Two Studies Analyzing The Effects of Business Case and Paradoxical Cognitive Framing on Sustainability Decision Making , Nadra Pencle

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Three Studies Examining the Potential for Relational Reasoning to Enhance Expertise in Complex Audit Domains , Matthew Holt

Three Studies Examining Auditors' Use of Data Analytics , Jared Koreff

Three Studies Examining the Effects of Business Analytics on Judgment and Decision Making in Accounting , Bradley Lang

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Three Studies Examining The Effects of Informal Management Control Systems and Incentive Compensation Schemes on Employees' Performance , Kazeem Akinyele

Three Studies Examining Accountability in Auditing , Amy Donnelly

The Expansion of Financial Regulation to Include Humanitarian Issues:An Examination of the Development of Conflict Mineral Reporting Requirements Using Actor-Network Theory , Robert Tennant

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Decision Making in Corporate Taxation , Bonnie Brown

Re-Thinking the Intentionality of Fraud: Constructing and Testing the Theory of Unintended Amoral Behavior to Explain Fraudulent Financial Reporting , Andrew Dill

Under-Researched Areas of Audit Quality: Inputs, Firms, and Institutions , Jared Eutsler

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Three Studies Examining Nonprofessional Investors' Decision Making , Anis Triki

Three Studies Examining the Effects of Psychological Distance on Judgment and Decision Making in Accounting , Martin Weisner

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Interactive Data Visualization In Accounting Contexts: Impact On User Attitudes, Information Processing, And Decision Outcomes , Oluwakemi Ajayi

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

The Impact Of Technology On Management Control: Degradation, Empowerment, Or Technology Dominance? , Joseph Canada

Regulation And The Auditing Profession , Alexey Lyubimov

The Diffusion Of Digital Dashboards: An Examination Of Dashboard Utilization And The Managerial Decision Environment , Jeffrey Reinking

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Three Studies Of Stakeholder Influence In The Formation And Management Of Tax Policies , Jason Chen

An Examination Of Issues Related To Professional Skepticism In Auditing , Erin Burrell Nickell

More Than Money: Corporate Social Performance And Reporting And The Effect On Economic Performance , Kimberly A. Zahller

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

The Effects Of Risk And Trust On The Achievement Of Sustainable Competitive Advantage From B2b E-commerce Trading Relationships , Clark J. Hampton

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

Three Studies Related To The Institutionalization Of International Financial Reporting Standards. , Anna Alon

Three Studies Investigating The Legal Liability Implications Of The Sarbanes-oxley Act Of 2002 , Jillian Phillips

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

Understanding The Antecedents And Consequences Of Sales And Use Tax Policy: Evidence From Three Studies , Amy Hageman

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Organizational Legitimacy And The Strategic Use Of Accounting Information: Three Studies Related To Social And Environmental Dis , Charles Cho

Finance And Accounting Outsourcing: Three Studies Related To The Ethical And Economic Dimensions Of Accounting Outsourcing , Renu V. Desai

Change In The Indian Accounting Profession: Three Studies Related To The Entry Of The Big Four Accounting Firms In India , Vikram G. Desai

Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

Accounting Disclosure At The Organization-society Interface: A Meta-theory And Empirical Evidence , Jennifer Ching-Kuan Chen

Adaptive Self-regulation And Organizational Politics: Investigating The Effects In The Accounting Profession , Sharon Howell

The Public Policy Implications Of Audit Regulation: Three Studies Related To The Passage Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 , Steven Thornburg

Theses/Dissertations from 1997 1997

The role of performance plans in mitigating agency problems and improving corporate performance : an empirical examination , Sanjay Gupta

An Investigation of the Interpretation of Uncertainty Information Displays by Decision Makers , Lois S. Mahoney

Theses/Dissertations from 1996 1996

The information content of accounting measures in relation to the cross-section of expected stock returns , Sekhar Anantharaman

Explaining mutual fund performance : the usefulness of corporate financial information , F. Lauren Detzel

An empirical study of user satisfaction with accounting information systems in a healthcare environment , Brian Lyle McGuire

Theses/Dissertations from 1995 1995

Estimating loan losses using markov chains , Luis Betancourt

An investigation of firms choosing early adoption of sfas number 106: employers accounting for postretirement benefits other than pensions , Barbara Boyette Clevenger

An empirical comparison of traditional statistical techniques and neural networks in the auditing domain , Thomas John Hofferd

Decision maker weighting and usage of indicators of university service efforts and accomplishments , Barbara B. Ratti

Theses/Dissertations from 1993 1993

Pattern perceptiveness and acquisition of accounting skills , L. Melissa Walters York

Theses/Dissertations from 1991 1991

The effects of graphical distortion of accounting information on financial judgements , Deanna Oxender Burgess

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Dissertations from 2023 2023.

Auditor Responses to Audit Clients’ Indirect-Effect Illegal Acts , Hilary Frances Hughes

Auditor’s Consideration of Client Cybersecurity Risk – A Machine Learning-Based Analysis , Wanying Jiang

Dissertations from 2022 2022

Deriving Auditor Quality and Manager Quality from Form 10-K , Lacey Donley

Corporate Website Disclosures and Financial Reporting Quality , Nicholas Mueller

Dissertations from 2021 2021

The Effects of a Client’s Social Media Disclosure and Audience Engagement on Auditor Judgment: A Social Penetration Theory Perspective , Laura Guichard

Do Analysts’ Coverage and Supplementary Gross Margin Forecasts Influence Managers’ Decision to Recognize Inventory Loss? , Nusrat Jahan

Dissertations from 2020 2020

Earnings Management of Leaders and Laggards , Candice Roche Boucree

Does Auditor Tenure Matter? Audit Partner Rotation and Industry Specialization in the U.S. , Danielle Sarah Lazerson

Dissertations from 2019 2019

Effective Tax Rates for Multinational and Domestic Corporations: A Closer Examination , Allen Lee Ryan

The Interplay among Tax Specialists, Corporate Tax Behavior, and Tax Accrual Quality , Pradeep Sapkota

Dissertations from 2018 2018

Unintended Consequences of the Dodd-Frank $10 Billion Asset Size Threshold , Laura Camille Alford

Selling, General, and Administrative Cost Stickiness and GDP Predictions , Russell Barber

Audit Committee Industry Specialization: An Examination of Auditor Choice, Financial Reporting Quality Implications, and Market Perception , Danny Lynn Shaw

The Relationship between Audit Quality and Competition at the Intersection of the Large and Small Audit Firm Markets , Jeanne-Claire Alyse White

Dissertations from 2017 2017

The Economic Costs to Audit Firms of Ethical Violations and the Resulting PCAOB Disciplinary Orders , Stephanie Ann Merrell

The Pricing of IPO Audit Expertise and Subsequent Issuer Underpricing , Jung Eun Park

Dissertations from 2016 2016

The Certifying Triangle of Financial Reports , Dong Li

Dissertations from 2015 2015

Does the PCAOB Inspection have an Effect on Audit Fees and Audit Quality? , Elizabeth Schwartzhoff Johnson

CEO Compensation and Tax Loss Carrybacks , Pei-Yu Sun

Dissertations from 2014 2014

The Effect of Innovation on Corporate Tax Avoidance , Peng Guo

Has the FASB and IASB's Shift toward an Asset/Liability View Enhanced the Predictive Usefulness of ROE? , Regina Cavalier Rosa

Auditor Regional Industry Specialization: Effect on Audit Pricing and Audit Quality , Andrey Alexandrovich Simonov

Dissertations from 2013 2013

Consistency between earnings forecasts and stock recommendations : the effect of political connections , Elio Alfonso

The effect of audit market concentration on audit pricing and audit quality : the role of the size of the audit market , John Daniel Eshleman

The effect on earnings persistence and the market's reaction to the alignment of employee and customer relations with competitive strategy , Robert Stephen Hogan

Income Classification Shifting and Financial Analysts’ Forecasts , Shanshan Pan

Dissertations from 2012 2012

Stock liquidity, price informativeness, and accruals-based earnings management , Jing Fang

High Strain Rate Programming Of Shape Memory Polymers , Anqi Wang

Accounting comparability, audit effort and audit outcomes , Joseph Hongbo Zhang

Experimental Study of Lean Blowout with Hydrogen Addition in a Swirl-stabilized Premixed Combustor , Shengrong Zhu

Dissertations from 2011 2011

Auditor tenure and audit quality , Li Zheng Brooks

Optimization of Adult Multipotent Stromal Cell-Bioscaffold Interactions for Tissue Regeneration with Bioreactors , Lin Xie

Dissertations from 2009 2009

Accurals quality and price synchronicity , Joseph Atkins Johnston

Dissertations from 2007 2007

Rate regulation and earnings management: evidence from the U.S. electric utility industry , Joseph Ben Omonuk

Impingement Heat Transfer In The Leading Edge Cavity Of A Gas Turbine Vane , Amar Jeetendra Panchangam Nivarthi

Voluntary disclosures in mergers and acquisitions , Scott Allen Wandler

Dissertations from 2006 2006

Using the FASB's qualitative characteristics in earnings quality measures , Abhijit Barua

Do accruals exacerbate information asymmetry in the market? , Sonia Wasan

Dissertations from 2004 2004

The effect of program commitment on the degree of participative congruence and managerial performance in a budgeting setting , Kevin T. Breaux

Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998: a test of New Public Management , William Meriwether VanDenburgh

The effect of the implicit theory of integrity on an internal auditor's asessment of management fraud risk , Stephanie F. Watson

Do speculative short sellers detect earnings management? , Yan Zhang

Theses from 2003 2003

Planting rate effects on sugarcane yield trials , Albert Joseph Orgeron

Agronomic and molecular characterization of Louisiana native Spartina alterniflora accessions , Alicia Beatriz Ryan

Dissertations from 2002 2002

Markov models to estimate and describe survival time and experience in cohorts with high euthanasia frequency , Giselle Louise Hosgood

The impact of institutional stock ownership on a firm's earnings management practice: an empirical investigation , Santanu Mitra

Validation of AnnAGNPS at the field and farm-scale using an integrated AGNPS/GIS system , Glenn M. Suir

Theses/Dissertations from 1999 1999

Comprehensive Income and Its Relation to Firm Value and Transitory Earnings. , Carol Callaway Dee

Executive Compensation, Performance, Board and Ownership Structure: a Simultaneous Equations Approach. , Ayalew A. Lulseged

Executive Compensation and the Investment Opportunity Sets of Initial Public Offerings. , Tanya S. Nowlin

Theses/Dissertations from 1996 1996

The Effects of Analyst Following on Market Response to Bank Loan Announcements. , Joan Marie Brumm

An Information Integration Theory Analysis of Tax Preparers' Perceived Risk of Reporting Aggressively on Clients' Income Tax Returns. , Velmer Carlene Eddlemon

The Effects of Industry Deregulation on the Stock Market Responses to Earnings Announcements. , Wah Poon

Theses/Dissertations from 1995 1995

The Effects of Departures From Prior Return Measures on Individual Taxpayer Frame and Tax Reporting Decisions. , Phyllis V. Copeland

An Evaluation of Accounting Method Choice: A Study of the Transition Obligation Upon Adoption of SFAS 106. , Jean Elizabeth Finch

An Examination of Investor Evaluation of Corporate Social Performance. , Gisele Kay Jackson

Theses/Dissertations from 1993 1993

The Prediction of Financial Turnaround of Financially Distressed Firms. , Leslie B. Fletcher

The Impact of Budget Variance, Fiscal Stress, Political Turnover, and Employment Sector on Compliance Reporting Decisions. , Linda Achey Kidwell

Theses/Dissertations from 1992 1992

Attitudes Toward International Harmonization Efforts: A Cross-Cultural Study. , M. Aileen Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 1991 1991

An Investigation of the Determinants of the Municipal Decision to Privatize Residential Sanitation Collection. , Richard C. Brooks

An Examination of Semiotic Theories of Accounting Accruals. , Harlan Lynn Etheridge

An Examination of Auditor Changes Following Events Adversely Affecting External Auditor Credibility. , Thomas E. Wilson Jr

Theses/Dissertations from 1990 1990

An Investigation of the Effect of a Favorable External Quality Assurance Review on the Scope of the External Auditor's Examination of an Organization's Financial Statements. , Michael Charles Toerner

Theses/Dissertations from 1989 1989

The Interaction of Accountants' Involvement and Basis of Accounting on Loan Officers' Judgment When Evaluating a Loan to a Small Business. , Joe Gregory Bushong

A Training Intervention for Control of SBA Loan Defaults: A Theory Development Approach. , J. Dennis Coates

The Impact of Alternative Presentations of Cash Flows From Operations on the Relevance of Funds Flow Information. , David Walter Cornell

An Experiment to Study the Effects of Changing Format and Scaling Characteristics of Financial Statement Data. , Paul Michael Goldwater

An Empirical Investigation of the Financial Statement Characteristics of Firms Engaging in In-Substance Defeasance of Debt. , Raymond Jeffords Jr

The Impact of Options Listing on the Information Content of Annual Earnings Announcement. , Tinwah Richard Lau

Prospect Theory in Governmental Accounting: Implications for the Budgeting Process at the Local Level. , Karen Sue Mckenzie

An Examination of the Effect of Financial Risk on the Manager's Choice of Accounting Methods. , Linda Marie Nichols

An Experimental Research Study on the Effect of Accrual of Nonpension Postretirement Benefit Costs on Loan Officers' Decisions. , Joyce Ann Strawser

Theses/Dissertations from 1988 1988

An Investigation of Internal Auditor Judgment on the Importance of Indicators of Potential Financial Fraud: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach. , Barbara Ann Apostolou

A Comparison of the Effectiveness of the Operating Funds Flow Measures of Cash, Net Quick Assets, and Working Capital in Predicting Future Cash Flow. , Catherine Innes green Gaharan

The Effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on the Real Estate Capital Markets and Its Differential Effects on Entity and Functional Forms: An Empirical Investigation. , Evelyn C. Hume

Information Acquisition and Decision-Making in Creditors' Decision Environment. , Pao-chuan Lin

A Study to Investigate the Effects of State Taxation and Plan Type on Small Employer Retirement Plan Cost. , W. Robert Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 1987 1987

The Impact of Comprehensive Allocation and Flow-Through Method of Accounting for the Income Taxes on the Investment Decision: A Field Experiment. , Zafar Ullah Khan

An Empirical Investigation of the Usefulness of Current Cost Information in Merger Prediction. , Robert Kuaterng Su

An Experimental Research Study on the Effect of Recognition and Disclosure of Corporate Pension Plan Assets and Obligations on Investment Decisions. , Mary Jeanne Welsh

Theses/Dissertations from 1986 1986

An Empirical Investigation of the Comparability of Reported Earnings Per Share Under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 15. , Suzanne Resi Pinac-ward

Theses/Dissertations from 1985 1985

An Experimental Research Study on the Effects of the Type of Accounting Service on a Bank Lending Decision for Nonpublic Businesses (Audit, Compilation, Review). , Jeffrey Reed Miller

A Field Test of the Perceptions of the Qualitative Characteristics of Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2 by Practicing Cpas (Multitrait-Multimethod, Mtmm, Analytic Hierarchy Process, Ahp). , Larry G. Singleton

Theses/Dissertations from 1984 1984

A Comparison of Sfas 33 Disclosures and Historical Cost Information in Predicting Stock Prices (Inflation, Changing Prices). , Heibatollah Sami

Theses/Dissertations from 1983 1983

Toward the Development of a Model to Evaluate the Effect of the Accelerated Cost Recovery System of Depreciation as Enacted by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 on State of Florida Corporate Tax Revenues. , Chula Greenwell Ensley

An Empirical Investigation of the Extent of Disclosure in Municipal Annual Reports. , Franklin James Plewa Jr

Theses/Dissertations from 1982 1982

An Empirical Investigation of the Differential Market Response to Quarterly Earnings Announcements. , Salem Mohamed Bengharbia

An Empirical Study of Usefulness and Communicative Ability of Segment Disclosures Among Sophisticated Users of Corporate Financial Statements. , James Harold Honea

The Prediction of Small Business Instability--Loan Noncompliance: a Discriminant Analysis Approach. , Charles Thomas Moores

A Study of Moral Development of Selected Employees in Certain Public Accounting Firms. , Guy L. Tull Jr

A Comparison of the Predictive Ability of Historical Cost and Current Cost Accounting With Regard to the Prediction of Operating Cash Flow. , Ralph Edward Welton Jr

Theses/Dissertations from 1981 1981

An Empirical Study of the Characteristics of the Governmental Budgetary Process in Rich and Uncertain Environments: the Case of Saudi Arabia. , Abdulrhman I. Alhumaid

Theses/Dissertations from 1980 1980

The Reaction of the Security Market to the Quality of Segmental Disclosures: an Empirical Investigation. , Jacob Olakayode Balogun

Perceptions of the Role of Corporate Audit Committees - Now and in the Future. , Brenda Stewart Birkett

Theses/Dissertations from 1979 1979

Behavioral and Attitudinal Implications of Different Styles of Performance Evaluation: an Empirical Study. , Paul Joseph Carruth

A Test of Alternative Prior Probability Elicitation Methods in Assessing the Reliability of Internal Control Systems for Audit Decisions. , Johng Yul Lee

Municipal Bond Ratings: a Multiple Discriminant Analysis. , Kenneth Edward Peacock

Esops and Tax Policy: an Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Esops on Company Operating Performance. , Randy Gene Swad

Accounting Ratios as Measures of Benefits to Companies Initiating Pension Plans. , Charles Bruce Swindle

Theses/Dissertations from 1978 1978

An Inquiry Concerning the Selection, Rotation, and Retention of Independent Auditors. , Sarah Elisabeth tourne crais Dawkins

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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Do Industries' Political Profiles Affect Their Portfolio Return Performance? , Shaddy S. Douidar

Do Firms Overreact to the Enactment of Corporate Laws: Evidence from Anti-Price Gouging Laws , Mario Marshall

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Essays on CEO Personal Characteristics and Corporate Outcomes: Athlete CEOs and Foreign CEOs , Kirill Pervun

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Predictors of Economic Outlook in Stability Operations , Juan Carlos Garcia

The Warren Buffett Project: A Qualitative Study on Warren Buffett , Christian G. Koch

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Closing America’s Retirement Savings Gap: Nudging Small Business Owners to Adopt Workplace Retirement Plans , Peter W. Kirtland

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Growth Options and Corporate Goodness , Linh Thompson

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Essays on the Tax Policy and Insider Trading , Han Shi

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Two Essays on Lottery-type Stocks , Yun Meng

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Two Essays on IPOs and Asset Prices , Gaole Chen

Essays on the impact of CEO gender on corporate policies and outcomes , Nilesh Sah

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Essays on Corporate Finance , Hari Prasad Adhikari

Two Essays on Individuals, Information, and Asset Prices , Joseph Mohr

Two Essays on Investment , Bin Wang

Two Essays on Corporate Finance , Qiancheng Zheng

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Two Essays on Mergers and Acquisitions , Dongnyoung Kim

Two Essays on Politics and Finance , Incheol Kim

Two Essays on Stock Repurchases-The Post Repurchase Announcement Drift: An Anomaly in Disguise? and Intra Industry Effects of IPOs on Stock Repurchase Decisions , Thanh Thiet Nguyen

Two Essays on Investor Distraction , Erdem Ucar

Two Essays on Politics in Corporate Finance , Xiaojing Yuan

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

On The Efficiency of US Equity Markets , Mikael Carl Erik Bergbrant

Two Essays on the Sell-side Financial Analysts , Xi Liu

Two essays on Corporate Restructuring , Dung Anh Pham

Two Essays on Corporate Governance , Yuwei Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Capital Structure, Credit Ratings, and Sarbanes-Oxley , Kelly E. Carter

Institutional Investors and Corporate Financial Policies , Ricky William Scott

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  • Accounting and taxation practices of selected mining exploration companies in South Africa  Sturdy, Joline ( 2011-06 ) The promulgation of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (MPRDA) led to a significant increase in the number of junior exploration companies. In this regard, International Financial Reporting ...
  • Accounting for employee share options : a critical analysis  Sacho, Zwi Yosef ( 2009-08-25 ) The main goal of this dissertation was to obtain an understanding as to the true economic nature of employee share options and the problems surrounding the accounting thereof. The main conclusion of this study is that ...
  • Accounting for financial instruments in corporate treasuries  Mulder, Ignatius Jacobus ( 1998-06 ) The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate the need for enhanced accounting methodology for financial instruments which are traded in the global financial markets. The thesis proposes an accounting framework within ...
  • Accounting for goodwill : a critical evaluation  Van der Merwe, Maynard Jacobus ( 1996-06 ) The principal goal of this research study was to critically evaluate the current accounting treatment of purchased goodwill in terms of a theoretical framework established, including an evaluation of the true nature of ...
  • Analysing South African individuals' behaviour regarding liability usages  Botha, Annerie ( 2015-02 ) In South Africa household debt has increased rapidly over the past few years, therefore illustrating the importance of analysing liability usage behaviour of individual members within the household. In order to comprehend ...
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  • An application guideline for the fair value accounting of biological assets  Van Biljon, Marilene ( 2016-06 ) Reporting in terms of the principles of IAS 41, or equivalent, did not result in comparable financial results in the industry. This is mainly due to valuation challenges experienced and the significant costs of these ...
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Accounting describes the process of recording and consolidating financial transactions in business. It involves analyzing, reporting, and summarizing financial transactions to organizations, businesses, tax agencies, and regulators. This is usually presented via a financial statement, a concise summary of all the financial dealings over a stipulated period. It provides clear documented information of a company’s operations, cash flow, and present financial standing. High accounting standards improve the credibility of financial statements. These financial statements can range from cash flow statements, income statements, loss statements, balance sheets, etc. This constant and customary method of financial reporting enables shareholders and other beneficiaries of a business to examine the performance of the said business.

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  • Accounting origin
  • The Ethics of Accounting and Its Relevance in The Society
  • Company structure influence on Accounting
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  • Profit Management
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  • Accounting Methods Applied Throughout History
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  • Inventories of Merchandise
  • System Control and Inventory Management
  • Manual of Different Accounting Principles
  • International Financial Reporting Standards of Negligible Assets
  • Procedures for Adopting Financial Reporting Standards
  • Tax Culture as a Method of Keeping Companies in Check
  • Accounting Guidelines of a Business
  • Management Accounting Research
  • Automation of Accounting Processes and Its Effects on Businesses
  • Data Technology in Accounting Functions

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  • Modern Techniques of Debt Management
  • Latest Technologies in Digital Accounting
  • Fundamental Forensic Accountancy Skills
  • Importance of Fast Information Integration for Modern Accounting
  • Analysis and Design Risk in Accounting Systems
  • Accounting Management and Financial Markets
  • Issues in Implementation of Theoretical Accounting Processes in Applied Accounting
  • Strategies to Make Organizational Finances Transparent
  • Offshore Accounting Processes
  • Significance of Financial Markets in Different Economies

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  • How to Investigate Forensic Accountancy?
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  • How Does Culture Influence the Accounting System?
  • Steps to Follow to Become a Certified and Chartered Accountant?
  • How to Discover Effective Accounting Systems for Accountants?
  • When Do You Need to Hire Personal Accountants?
  • What are the limitations of digital Technology Evolution for the Accounting Niche?
  • What Factors Facilitated the 2008 Worldwide Financial Crisis?
  • What are the Processes Involved in Tax Assessment in Organizations?

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  • Quality in Quantitative Management Accounting Research
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  • Notable Trends in Business Research and Accounting Finance and Management Control
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  • Importance of Fraud Detection in a Digital Environment
  • The Globalization of Auditing Standards- an investigative analysis
  • Studying the Effects of Intellectual Capital on the Development of Large Industries
  • Tax Legislation in Freelance Businesses
  • Critical Analysis of the Effects of Small Business Budgeting on Tertiary Institutions

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  • A Review on Government Management Accounting: Research in 2022
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  • The Conceptual Framework of Strategic Management Accounting
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  • What Impact Does Accounting Information Systems Have on Business Performance?
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  • The Relationship between Public Sector Expenditure Accounting and Infrastructural Development
  • Application of Accounting Standards in Critical Business Processes of Financial Conglomerates.

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  • Role of Financial Markets in Accounting Management
  • Methods of Preventing Financial Fraud
  • What you should know about the Goldman Sachs Securities Fraud Case
  • Commodities in Financial Markets
  • Effect of External Factors on Cash Flow

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Sustainability and Financial Accounting: a Critical Review on the ESG Dynamics

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This study gives a depiction of what are the general directions taken by international institutions so to tackle the current health emergency and the most pressing environmental issues, such as climate change and COVID-19 (Schaltegger, 2020; Adebayo et al., 2021).

The role of companies is crucial under disruptive events, such as a crisis or, more in line with the present time, a pandemic, and the pursue of the shareholder value cannot be the essence and the only objective in doing business anymore, since also ESG (i.e., environmental, social, and governance) dynamics have to be taken in due consideration. Moreover, an adequate and effective corporate governance should lead to higher disclosure quality, which subsequently should help protect the entire planet and ecosystems as well. In this context, the principal role of accounting and corporate reporting activities should be oriented towards making emerge what is and what is not done by companies in their business operations, and the disclosure of financial information is currently deemed inappropriate for pursuing a sustainable growth in the medium and long run (Schaltegger, J Account Org Change 16:613–619, 2020; Kirikkaleli & Adebayo, Sustain Dev 29:583–594, 2020; Tettamanzi, Venturini & Murgolo Wider corporate reporting: La possibile evoluzione della Relazione sulla Gestione Bilancio e Revisione, IPSOA - Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, 2021). Thus, the objective of this study is to investigate what international and European institutions have planned to do in order to align corporate objectives with environmental and societal needs in the coming years (Biondi et al., Meditari Account Res 28:889–914, 2020; Songini L et al. Integrated reporting quality and BoD characteristics: an empirical analysis. J Manag Govern, 2021).

As of today, our analysis finds that IFRS Foundation (at global level) and EFRAG (at European one) have been taking steps toward the aforementioned issues so to propose disclosure standards more in line with sustainability and environmental needed improvements. In fact, we tried to give a depiction of what are the actual and future strategies that both these institutions are going to put in place: this snapshot will give scientists, engineers, lawyers, and business people an overview of what should be like the corporate world of the near future, from a corporate reporting/accounting perspective (so to better understand what will be expected from companies of all the industries worldwide).

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Introduction

As it is apparent in the international arena, a relevant review of the general rules and the standards of corporate reporting is taking place. The major drivers of it are the climate issues urgency and a “deeper and more focused” stakeholders’ engagement (Shan et al. 2021 ; Adebayo et al. 2021a , b ).

Both public and private entities and institutions worldwide have been trying so far to tackle these issues in the most effective way, but only with COVID-19 spreading across the globe, we could maintain that these actions have begun to be more tangible and explicit. Consider the COP26 meeting as an example (UK Government 2021 ). In November 2021, UK and Italy hosted an event considered the world last chance to get runaway climate change under control. Indeed, for nearly three decades, the UN has been bringing together almost every country on earth for global climate summits — called COPs, which stands for “Conference of the Parties” — and climate change, in that time, has “only” gone from being a fringe issue to a global priority. The COP held in November 2021 was the 26th annual summit and intended to reach an agreement with every nation on how to tackle climate change: 197 countries have agreed upon it, signing the “Glasgow Climate Pact”. The set of decisions consists of a range of agreed items, such as strengthened efforts to build resilience to climate change, to curb greenhouse gas emissions, and to provide the necessary finance for both (UN Climate Change 2021a , b ).

The UN 2030 Agenda as well as the most important international organizations have, therefore, managed to find an explicit solution to the issue in order to define a limit to, among others, those economic activities that — albeit profitable from a mere financial point of view — have, indeed, as a consequence, a negative impact for the environment and for the referential communities. In this, academic and scientific communities confirmed that accounting, reporting, and disclosure practices play a pivotal role in aligning the goals of the several stakeholders’ strategies adopted at corporate level (Schaltegger 2020 ; La Torre et al. 2020 ; Kose & Agdeniz 2021 ; Songini et al. 2021 ; Tettamanzi et al. 2021 ). In this regard, one of the COP26 outcomes was indeed related to “Transparency and Reporting”, making emerge a set of rules through which countries shall be held accountable for delivering results related to their climate action plans and self-set targets under their nationally determined contributions (Kirikkaleli & Adebayo, 2020 ; UN Climate Change 2021a , b ; Adebayo et al. 2021a , b ).

In Europe, this challenge has been faced by the European Commission which proposed in April 21, 2021 the draft for a directive regarding sustainability (i.e., CSRD “Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive”) that would essentially amend the requirements already defined in the area of “non-financial disclosure” within the framework of another directive, the NFRD “Non-Financial Reporting Directive”. At the end of this drafting and enforcement legal procedure, we will be provided with a first set of sustainability accounting standards and principles to be potentially adopted starting from next October 2022. EFRAG “European Financial Reporting Advisory Group” (which is an association established in 2001 with the encouragement of the European Commission to serve the public interest with regards to international financial reporting standard initiatives at European level) has been appointed to define the aforementioned standards. Also the IFRS Foundation has been taking steps towards this issue, by means of the IASB “International Accounting Standards Board” (founded in 2001 and responsible for the development, promotion and adoption of international financial reporting standard rules IFRS Foundation 2021 ). In this discussion article, we shall provide a snapshot of some of the most relevant global activities regarding sustainability at corporate level (Biondi et al. 2020 ; Songini et al. 2021 ), since only if disclosure and reporting activities expected by companies in the coming years are finally effective and in line with all the aforementioned needed improvements and objectives, business choices and practices — from which environmental and social concerns might arise — shall come more easily under scrutiny and be appropriately monitored.

Sustainability Accounting: Initiatives at Global Level

In essence, through this study, we will make emerge where the IASB (IFRS Foundation) and the EFRAG are heading towards with regards to sustainability reporting.

In general, since 2005, Regulation 1606/02 requires Europe to apply, under certain conditions, the IAS/IFRS (i.e., the international accounting standards) drawn up by the IASB and endorsed by EFRAG (Biondi et al. 2020 ). Having said that, with regard to sustainability reporting at European level, EFRAG appears to have been also entrusted with the corporate sustainability standard setting. Yet, since the scope of the IASB activities is wider and potentially covers the entire globe (with companies, for instance, in Japan and China, among the others, applying IAS/IFRS), it is also worth analyzing the IASB initiatives on this topic so to propose a broader perspective. That said, IASB/IFRS Foundation focus is mostly on listed companies, whereas the aforementioned CSRD proposal should address also privately-held ones; this makes emerge the reasons that stand behind the difference in their current set objectives also in terms of different final adopter (Biondi et al. 2020 ; La Torre et al. 2020 ; Songini et al. 2021 ).

Both at international level, with regard to the activities of the IASB and the IFRS Foundation, and at European level, through EFRAG, the direction of corporate reporting seems to be going in an increasingly value-oriented direction that goes beyond the financial results and beyond the creation of value for shareholders alone (UK HM Treasury 2021 ).

IFRS Foundation has announced the establishment under its control of a new board, the ISSB “International Sustainability Standards Board,” which will be responsible for defining sustainability accounting standards to be applied in the coming financial years. This new board, whose members should possess specific expertise on ESG dynamics, will focus its drafting activity on material information for investors’ decisions and other stakeholders in the world capital markets and on the urgent need for better information about climate-related matters (Schaltegger 2020 ; Adebayo et al. 2021a , b ). In fact, the ISSB would initially focus on climate-related reporting, extending then its work towards the information needs of investors on other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters. EFRAG proposed to make its structure “dichotomous” as well, adding to the FRB “Financial Reporting Body”, the NFRB “Non-Financial Reporting Body” — both appointed to carry out the required technical work according to their respective assigned tasks. In this context, it is worth stressing the importance of the interconnections between IASB and EFRAG, since in case of a complete independent development of ESG reporting standards by these two important institutions, the related standards might turn out to be incoherent and hardly comparable — which is necessarily something to avoid (La Torre et al. 2020 ; Kirikkaleli et al. 2021 ; Songini et al. 2021 ).

More in detail, the IFRS Foundation/IASB, as of today, has highlighted the strategic macro-decisions that should guide the future action of the ISSB, defining guidelines at a global level and basing the new standards first of all on the climatic issue, to be extended to the whole sustainability/ESG sector in a broader sense. Furthermore, the creation of this new board has been announced at the UN Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26), held in November 2021. In essence, IFRS Foundation, by means of this and entrusting this board to set IFRS sustainability standards, will undergo a process of robust amendment of its governance, arranging its structure so to be better able to tackle the current and future ESG and sustainability challenges that the entire world has and will increasingly have to face (El Barnoussi 2020 ; García-Sánchez et al. 2020 ; Adebayo et al. 2021a , b ; Shan et al. 2021 ).

EFRAG, on the other hand, with the objective of addressing the action plan for financing sustainable growth and facilitating dialog among stakeholders (European Reporting Lab – EFRAG 2021 ), has already been:

promoting the attitude that should be adopted by corporations towards the interest and public welfare (i.e., “public good”), through the disclosure of quality information, that should be both “retrospective” and “forward-looking”;

calibrating the levels and boundaries of reporting on the uniqueness of each entity; and

recalling the concepts of double materiality and connectivity of information.

Please note that these mentioned points are key principles for drafting the most advanced global reports, such as integrated reporting. Moreover, EFRAG is pushing for producing an increasingly digitized and digitizable information that would definitely allow to overcome many anachronistic procedures still perpetrated in the accounting profession worldwide.

Conclusions

Underlining once again the apparent diversity, as of today, of set goals by the two institutions in discussion (i.e., EFRAG and IASB/ISSB), what does emerge at the moment is the willingness of both institutions to finally manage ESG dynamics also from an accounting and reporting perspective (UK HM Treasury 2021 ). In so doing, companies are increasingly required to provide high quality information that is also clear and comparable — potentially contrasting, subsequently, the “greenwashing” phenomenon. In this context, EFRAG concretely proposed a time plan of actions they have outlined and publicly declared (European Reporting Lab — EFRAG 2021 ) that covers the next 6 years of activity. By 2022, they shall provide the final draft of two “conceptual frameworks” and the “core” topical standards, to be applied to FY23 for reports to be published in 2024. EFRAG has also planned to treat the so-called advanced issues (if any) to be applied to FY25 and subsequent years, by 2024.

To conclude, all these sustainability ventures will, sooner or later, also reach small and medium-sized companies (i.e., “SMEs”) — mainly as the natural consequence of supply chain dynamics. Thus, the scope of application of the new sustainability reporting system shall potentially have a pervasive impact on the entire economic and social fabric of post COVID-19 Europe and the new millennium as well. Having said that, since this phenomenon is still evolving around the globe, from a legislative point of view, the matter in discussion is still in process and under scrutiny. Therefore, the snapshot should be taken as an overview of what will be potentially asked to companies in the coming future, being aware of the fact that radical changes to the above could be brought as well.

In fact, whether and what the actual impacts will be can only be defined in retrospect. Yet, it is worth underlining the actual (apparent) beginning towards a slightly broader and long-term vision of international institutions, making the principles of sustainability their own, without seeing them as the umpteenth “red tape” at global scale — moving, therefore, definitively on from a short termism attitude. That said, only by aligning integrated thinking with action will it be possible to definitively put in place sustainable and successful economic activities for all the communities involved. Otherwise, the price to be paid will be, once again, and increasingly unexpectedly, finding ourselves reliving devastating moments, similar to those that are still scourging the entire planet today, due to the ongoing pandemic crisis.

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Our academic experts understand how hard it can be to come up with original accounting research paper topics for assignments. Students are often dealing with multiple responsibilities and trying to balance numerous deadlines. Searching the web or class notes takes up a lot of time. Therefore, we have put together our list of 150 accounting research topics that students can choose from or gather inspiration from.

Managerial Accounting Topics for College Students

This area of study has tremendous upside as more businesses rely on managerial accountants to bring innovative changes to their organizations. Here is a list of topics for research paper in this area:

  • Differences between financial accounting and managerial accounting.
  • Managerial accounting in the 21 st century.
  • The impact of managerial accounting in big businesses.
  • The major components of activity-based costing.
  • How managerial accounting affects international finance.
  • The impact managerial accounting has on human resources.
  • The major components of capital budgeting.
  • How managerial accounting affects internal business decisions.
  • Effective ways of adopting managerial accounting into small businesses.
  • Differences between variable costing and absorption costing.

Accounting Blog Topics for Today’s Generation

The following collection can be considered accounting hot topics because they deal with the issues that are most important to today’s generation of accountants that utilize advanced software to keep businesses successful:

  • Cost of manufacturing goods overseas.
  • The cost of instituting anti-harassment programs.
  • Inventory and cost of products sold in the U.S.
  • Reinventing accounts payable processes.
  • Using best practices to boost the bottom line.
  • The cost of keeping human resources on staff.
  • Simplifying procedures in accounts payable.
  • The cost of updating internal systems with technology.
  • The cost-effectiveness of employee training.
  • Working capital increasing in large companies.

Advanced Accounting Topics

As students advance academically, they may want to consider these topics for research paper to earn higher scores in their classes. Here are some suggestions:

  • How to run an efficient large accounting department.
  • Red flags in outdated accounting processes.
  • Identifying unconventional processes in payment processes.
  • Utilizing paperless processes in small businesses.
  • Applying EDP to accounts payable processes.
  • The benefits of automating payables and receivables.
  • Outsourcing procurement processes to save money.
  • Automation to handle repetitive processes.
  • The need for diversifying skills in accounting.
  • The ways time affects seasonal cash flow.

Controversial Accounting Topics

Many accounting topics for research papers need to draw a reader’s attention right from the start. This list of topics is controversial and should accomplish just that:

  • The impact the Jobs Act will have on large businesses.
  • The positive effects tax cuts will have on small business.
  • The risks of offshore accounting on U.S. businesses.
  • The need to update software each year to avoid accounting problems.
  • How small businesses are falling behind in accounting practices.
  • The impact bonus depreciation allows businesses.
  • Applying to government relief programs.
  • Describe the role the internet has on accounting.
  • The trustworthiness of online accounting programs.
  • The negatives of auditing collusion.

Intermediate Accounting Topics

These accounting paper topics are meant for students that have acquired skills in writing but may not have developed the skills needed to write a top-notch paper quite yet. They should be easy to research given a proper planning period:

  • Discuss why companies need to incorporate automated processes.
  • The problems with ethics in accounting practices.
  • Technology advancements that improve accounting accuracy.
  • The problem with accuracy in decade-old software.
  • Explain the best way to help accountants work manually.
  • Describe the historical prospect of best accounting practices.
  • The most effective way to become a certified accountant.
  • Compare accounting systems that improve processes.
  • The quick flow of data and the value on today’s accountants.
  • The negatives that come from relying on accounting software.

Interesting Accounting Topics

Sometimes you need to consider accounting project topics that would be great for numerous situations. You may need to present before a class or write a paper for a discussion panel. These ideas may suit your needs:

  • Explain the concept of accounting theory to practice.
  • The theories behind normative accounting practices.
  • The effect theories in accounting have on businesses.
  • Challenges of taking theory to practice.
  • The major changes in accounting practices over the last 25 years.
  • The impact the internet has had on accounting ethics.
  • Accounting practices in the 21 st century.
  • The challenges of accounting technologies on fast-growing companies.
  • The dangers the internet poses toward ethical accounting.
  • Describe the difficulties that come from putting theories into practice.

Accounting Projects Topics for a Short Project

Some cost accounting topics are worthy of an audience but need to be completed within a tight deadline. These project ideas are easy to research and can be completed within one week:

  • Use of efficient accounting software in tax season.
  • Applicable Professional and Legal Standards.
  • The difficulties in using offshore accounting.
  • The most effective way of managing earnings.
  • The development of cash flow in the United Kingdom.
  • The development of cash flow in the United States.
  • The best way to manage personal finances.
  • The effect financial markets have on personal spending.
  • Debt management in large corporations.
  • Accounting challenges during the pandemic.

Forensic Accounting Research Topics

This is another area of accounting that has a promising future for small to large businesses. Here are forensic accounting research paper topics you can use if you are interested in this booming segment:

  • Methods for identifying instances of money laundering.
  • The government’s right to search private accounts.
  • The use of tax records to report possible crimes.
  • Class action litigation cases in the United States.
  • Court use of forensic accounting in criminal cases.
  • Forensic accounting to develop better anti-fraud programs.
  • A company’s reliance on forensic accounting to prevent theft.
  • Establishing controls in emerging international markets.
  • Forensic accountants and their role in court proceedings.
  • Natural disaster and loss quantification practices.

Accounting Theory Topics for College

Good accounting thesis topics should mirror personally important issues. Essay ideas should reflect the things you want to learn more about and explore in-depth. Here is a list that may pique your interest:

  • Impact of accounting research on financial practices.
  • Scientific research studies in modern economies.
  • Modern accounting concepts and applications.
  • The change in accounting practices over the last two decades.
  • Describe the components of Positive Theory.
  • Marketplace discipline across major industries.
  • Major accounting theories and techniques in big businesses.
  • The use of technology to reduce accounting costs.
  • Technology theory in the use of modern accounting.
  • Risk management and the most effective theories.

Accounting Dissertation Topics for Grad Students

The following topic ideas delve into some serious issues in accounting and are much more difficult to handle. These should be approached with the utmost academic determination to earn a master’s or a Ph.D.:

  • Compare accounting software versus manual accounting.
  • Tax management procedures in the 21 st century.
  • The risks of updated technology in small companies.
  • The costs associated with broader health care in the workplace.
  • The history of accounting in the 20 th century.
  • The best method of managing debts without difficulties.
  • Accounting problems caused by online transactions.
  • Cryptocurrency and its impact on modern accounting practices.
  • Forecasting jobs in the field of accounting.
  • The danger technology poses to the accounting industry.

Current Accounting Topics for College

If you don’t have enough time to research current topics in accounting, these ideas will help you save time. There are plenty of online resources discussing current issues and you can also find information in the library:

  • Compare and contrast different cryptocurrencies.
  • The definition of a successful and modern business account.
  • Non-profit organizations and tax reductions.
  • Sports accounting in today’s world of social media.
  • The financial benefits of having a second stream of revenue.
  • Financial stock management of overall earnings.
  • The relationship between corporate donations and accounting.
  • Minimizing risks in big and small-sized businesses.
  • The impact that tax deductions have on big businesses.
  • Financial strategies to ensure employee retention.

Hot Topics in Accounting for a Graduate Level Course

These are the topics you should be considered for a graduate-level course if you want to make a great impression on the professor. Just be sure to do your due diligence and research your selected topic thoroughly:

  • The instances of “cooking books” in the 21 st century.
  • The best approach to update accounting systems.
  • Fraud cases currently in the United States.
  • The importance of forensic accountants in fraud cases.
  • The reasons account reports have government regulations.
  • The benefits of incorporating computerized accounting.
  • The need for companies to make changes to accounting departments.
  • Evolving accounting practices that reduce the risk of theft.
  • The effects offshore gambling has had on accounting.
  • Privacy protocols to keep accounting practices secret.

Financial Accounting Topics Being Discussed Today

Topics in accounting are rooted in financial processes that date back centuries. Yet, there are still many innovative ideas that drive business success. Consider these topics for an essay on issues that are current for today’s world:

  • The evolution of accounting practices over the last century.
  • The biggest ethical concerns about accounting.
  • Minimizing taxes when you are a small company.
  • Accounting software that will cut company costs.
  • The best way to lower taxes through accounting practices.
  • Describe the way managerial accounting is affected by international markets.
  • Explain the major factors of management earnings.
  • The most accurate way to figure out the estimated tax on a company’s earnings.
  • The quickest way to become a certified accountant.
  • Describe how culture influences accounting practices.

Accounting Information Systems Research

The next set of topics are great for anyone wanting to combine accounting with technology. We put together this set to generate interest in this area:

  • The ways small businesses can benefit from advanced technologies.
  • Describe how IT affects financial analysis for reporting.
  • Explain how companies use AIS to collect and store data.
  • Explain the 10 elements used to understand AIS.
  • Rank the best accounting information systems.
  • The future of AIS in small business financial practices.
  • Explain how AIS eliminates the use of balance sheets.
  • AIS technologies save money in large businesses.
  • The future of AIS in small to mid-size businesses.
  • Describe the role of AIS in modern business.

Accounting Presentation Topics for College

These presentation topics cover a wide range of areas that are perfect for diverse interests. At the college level, students must conduct a lot of academic research to guarantee they have all the most relevant information needed to present on a great topic:

  • Describe how forensic accounting can reduce risk to small businesses.
  • Describe the challenges value and cost that managers deal with.
  • The biggest changes to accounting practices in the 21 st century.
  • The benefits of having separate controlling accounts.
  • The rapid flow of data and the importance of modern accountants.
  • Describe how forensic accountants conduct their investigations.
  • The most likely causes of financial instability in small businesses.
  • Explain the factors one must consider before investing.
  • Describe the differences between financial and management accounting.
  • Describe the impact of new taxation policies on managerial accounting.

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