Impact of Technology on the Accounting Practices at National Housing Trust

Research Questions:

1. What accounting software does the company use?

2. How has the accounting software hired impacted accounting?
3. How efficient was performing accounting digitally compared to doing accounting
manually?

Questionnaire

1. Is accounting performed digitally or physically?

2. What percentage of accounting activities are done using technology?
1. Is technology used to record transactions?
2. Is technology used for journalising?
3. Is accounting needed for posting to ledgers?
4. Is technology used to prepare trial balance and financial statements?
3. What accounting software (s) is used for accounting?
4. Is the accounting software custom made or generalized?
5. Is the accounting software artificial intelligence driven?
1. If so, has it had a positive impact on decision making, forecasting and
auditing?
6. Do you consider the post-installation operations (debugging and minor fixes) for
software too expensive?
7. Have these accounting software(s) minimised the errors?
8. Have these accounting software(s) minimise the cost to prepare accounting
information?
9. Have these accounting software(s) improved the timeliness of final accounts
preparation?
10. Have these accounting software(s) improved the motivational level of employees?
11. Have these accounting software(s) improved the readability of the financial
information?
12. Has the use of technology increased the level of distraction of accountants and
bookkeepers?
13. Has the use of accounting software required job training to operate?
14. If so, has this risen the cost of expenses?
15. Have accounting software improved the preparation of budgets?
16. Have accounting software made it easier to compare budgets with actual
performance?
17. Have the use of accounting software increased the accuracy and timeliness of payroll?
18. Has the use of technology in accounting resulted in the removal of some accounting
positions?
19. Has the accounting software alleviated you of tedious tasks (bookkeeping,
journalising etc.)?
20. On a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the best, how would you rate your experience using
the software?
21. Has the accounting software seen the improvement in collaboration in the generation
of financial statements?
22. Is your accounting system more organised since the use of accounting software?
23. Is it easier to analyse information from the financial statements on the accounting
software in comparison to the physical statements?
24. Is it easier to identify errors in trial balance and final statements?
25. Is the system more secured where only supervisors can access certain statements? (a
password)
26. Since the use of accounting software, are accounting records more secured from
damage? (a back up system)
27. Is the software able to identify the transactions each employee entered?
28. Are statistics generated by the software able to uncover financial trends in the
company?