THE ROLE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS IN THE FORMATION, ACQUISITION AND LIQUIDATION OF A COMPANY

By

EJIOKE RUTH EBERCHUKWU AC/N2002/141

Presented To

Department of Accountancy

The public accountant the business and economy are inseparable  they are needed for various business decision and advice on better investments.  on formation of accompany the public accountant is needed to prepare the memorandum of association and ensure that the company and allied matte decree 1990 is strictly adhered to. more so, on acquisition of a company, the public accountant plays an indispensable role in order to ensure that only profitable business are acquired by prospective buyers. He does this by looking into the financial records of the company and making sure that no fraud debt is hided by the seller of the company in liquidation of a company the public also has a hand in it. In a situation where he fails to discover a fraud or financial misappropriation by the management of the company. The company as a result of that may go into liquidation. The problem of insecurity, instability in the economy and inflation rate in the country is among the problem encountered by the public accountant in Nigeria

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page
APPROVAL PAGE
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE
1.0    INTRODUCTION
1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.2    STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
1.3    OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
1.4    SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY
1.5    SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
1.6    DEFINITION OF TERMS

CHAPTER TWO
2.0    REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1    DEFINITION OF ACCOUNTANCY
2.2    MEANING OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
2.3    ROLE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT IN THE FORMATION OF COMPANIES
2.4    MEANING OF FORMATION ACQUISITION AND LIQUIDATION OF COMPANIES

CHAPTER THREE
3.0    Summary of findings, conclusion and recommendation
3.1    FINDINGS
3.2    CONCLUSION
3.3    RECOMMENDATION
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