THE USE OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION IN ANALYSING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF A FIRM (A CASE STUDY OF CAP NIGERIA PLC)

ABSTRACT The purpose of this work is to use accounting information in analyzing the financial position of a firm. The work w as written after a careful research and review of accounting information. The uses and users and its application in analyzing the financial position of a firm taking chemical and allied product (APPCC) as a case study. The researcher was inspired by the preponderance of business failure in the preponderance of business failure in the economy, most of these have been due to wrong analysis, interpretation and application of financial statement 5 that 5 the balance sheet and the profit and loss account, for the purpose of through coverage of the topic under discussion. This study comprises of five chapters. The first chapter dealt an introduction of the crucial issues. Chapter two covered a review of related literature on the subject and Chapter three is on   research methodology used in the study both primary and secondary data collection.   Chapter four focused on data presentation and analysis data were collected computed analyzed and presented using tables. Chapter five dealt with summary of findings, recommendation and conclusion on completion of this study among other things is that Chemical and Allied Product Plc should conjure to make use of toward ratios in analyzing the financial position of their firm and also make use of questionnaire   TABLE OF CONTENT COVER PAGE TABLE PAGE APPROVAL PAGE DEDCIATION ACKNOWLEDGMENT ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS 1.2PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 1.3SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 1.4STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS 1.5SCOPE OF THE STUDY 1.6LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 1.7DEFINITION OF TERMS
CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1DEFINITION OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION 2.2USES OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION 2.3USERS OF ACCOUNTIGN INFORMATION 2.4HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF CAP PLC 2.5ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONCPETS METHOD AND BASES 2.6THE NIGERIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARD BOARD. 2.7 CONCEPT OF FINANCIAL RATIO
 CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 3.1.RESEARCH DESIGN 3.2.SOURCES OF DATA 3.3.SAMPLE USED 3.4.METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER FOUR DATE PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS 4.1.DATA PREENTATION AND ANAYSIS 4.2.TEST OF HYPOTHESIS
CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION ANMD RECOMMENDATION 5.1FINDINGS 5.2CONCLUSION 5.3RECOMMENDATIONS  BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX (QUESTIONNAIRE)