A Research report submitted in partial/fulfillment of requirements for award of
Degree of Accountancy and finance of Mzumbe University
This study of Assessment of use of Accounting Information in decision making for the public sector is conducted in Tanzania Revenue Authority Iringa region.
Accounting information is very popular phenomenon used almost by every organization within the country and all over the world whether governmental or non-governmental organization for decision-making.
Organizations use accounting information to make decisions. For that reason, accounting information is very significant and essential for organization’s prosperity.
The study focused on how TRAs decision making is affected by the available accounting information. The main issues dealt with under this study were the examination on the creation, communication, and interpretation of accounting information for organization’s decision making which have been presented on chapter 4.
It will help organization’s decision makers to learn and recognize the importance of accounting information for decision-making.
Literatures on the subject from various writers have been referred and are depicted on chapter 2. This gives the reader of this report the prior knowledge on the topic so that the collected information may be associated with other findings. These literatures gave a theoretical and empirical view of the subject.
The practical study was conducted and data were collected through various methods as portrayed in chapter 3. The data sources were of two types; primary data and secondary data.
Primary data were collected through sampling and this included interview, questioner and observation. Secondary data were collected from organization records such as textbooks and journals.
The researcher’s comments and recommendations as presented on chapter 6 about the topic were reached after careful analysis of the data presented on chapter 4. These were aimed at improving organizational performance.