THE EVOLUTION OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Technological evolution becomes more and more a daily reality for businesses and individuals who use information systems as for supporting their operational activities. This article focuses on the way technological evolution changes the accounting practices, starting from the analysis of the traditi...

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Main Author: Andreea C. BENDOVSCHI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence 2015-04-01
Series:SEA: Practical Application of Science
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Online Access: http://seaopenresearch.eu/Journals/articles/SPAS_7_14.pdf
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Summary:Technological evolution becomes more and more a daily reality for businesses and individuals who use information systems as for supporting their operational activities. This article focuses on the way technological evolution changes the accounting practices, starting from the analysis of the traditional model and trying to determine future trends and arising challenges to face. From data input to consolidation and reporting, accountants’ function and operations are dissected in order to identify to what extent the development of new concepts, such as cloud computing, cloud accounting, real-time accounting or mobile accounting may affect the financial-accounting process, as well as the challenges that arise from the changing environment.
ISSN:2360-2554