ABSTRACT
Expert System for Tax Management, ESTM provides flexible and cost effective independent tax services for corporate tax departments. Expert System for Tax Management, ESTM skilled tax professionals are experts in Federal, state or international corporate tax matters, and serve clients on a co-sourced, outsourced or project basis. This project is aim at designing an expert system for tax management in ministry of finance Enugu. This is achieved with the help of programming language like visual basic.
ORGANISATION OF THE WORK
This work is organized into seven chapters.
CHAPTER ONE: Highlights the native, aims and objectives of the project, the general work to be done, what it will achieve and benefits derivable there from.
CHAPTER TWO: Reviews some literature of related subject matter by earlier authors.
CHAPTER THREE: Describes and analyses the existing system, states its mode of operation and identities the problem facing at, providing possible solution thereof.
CHAPTER FOUR: Treats the design of the new system. Things in the present system as well as the new structure and design elements that are needed to properly implement the new system are also described.
CHAPTER FIVE: Deals with the implementations phase, comprising program design, coding and testing.
CHAPTER SIX: Presents the documentation of the new system, describing the functionality of various parts of the program. It also provides a risers guide to using the system.
CHAPTER
SEVEN: Gives some concluding remarks as well as recommends
possible areas of further research and improvement.
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE
CERTIFICATION
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ABSTRACT
ORGANISATION OF THE WORK (STUDY)
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE:
INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
- STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
- PURPOSE OF STUDY
- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
- AIM AND OBJECTIVES
- SCOPE OR DELIMITATION
- LIMITATIONS OR CONSTRAINTS
- ASSUMPTIONS
CHAPTER TWO:
LITERATURE REVIEW
CHAPTER THREE:
DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF EXISTING SYSTEM
3.1 FACT FINDINGS METHOD USED
- OBJECTIVE
OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM
- INPUT, PROCESS AND OUTPUT ANALYSIS
- INFORMATION FLOW DIAGRAM
- PROBLEMS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM
- JUSTIFICATION OF THE NEW SYSTEM
CHAPTER FOUR:
DESIGN OF THE NEW SYSTEM
4.1 OUTPUT SPECIFICATION AND DESIGN
- INPUT
SPECIFICATION AND DESIGN
- FILE DESIGN
- PROCEDURE CHART
- SYSTEM FLOW CHAR
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENT
CHAPTER FIVE:
IMPLEMENTATION
- PROGRAM
DESIGN
- PROGRAM FLOW CHART
- PSUDOCODE
- SOURCE PROGRAM
- TEST RUN
CHAPTER SIX:
DOCUMENTATION
CHAPTER SEVEN:
RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The impact of engineering age is tremendous and its arrears of application are increasing geometrically. It is believed that the information revolution will radically change the nature and quality of engineering work in the near future.
Some of the most exiting arrear of the information technology includes.
- Office automation and computer publishing
- Just-in-time (J.I.T) production techniques to reduce cost and improve quality.
- Electronic shopping and electronic funds transfer
- Computer controlled commuter train system
- Decision support system (DSS) that facilitate real time control of making under battle field condition typically characterized by uncertainty
- Computer aids to the handicapped including intelligent implants and experts for medical diagnosis.
- Computer aids instruction (CAI) and aided manufacturing.
Due to all these mentioned arrears of computer application and more, computer has now been accepted and used by so many organizations, by individuals for various purposes. It is believed that computer is an agent, which improves productivity, enhances competition.
It is however worthy to not that 75% of all computer application generate documented information. This is why it is said that had copy is the spice of information.
Expert System for Tax Management, ESTM provides flexible and cost effective independent tax services for corporate tax departments. Expert System for Tax Management, ESTM skilled tax professionals are experts in Federal, state or international corporate tax matters, and serve clients on a co-sourced, outsourced or project basis.
Expert System for Tax Management, ESTM services range from overall tax management programs to focused assignments such as tax compliance, planning, examination support or automation development
Expert System for Tax Management, ESTM provides the following services
Tax Planning– Advance tax planning is critical to avoid costly penalties and interest. Gain insight regarding tax laws affecting your business; have us review your two previous years’ tax returns for tax compliance.
Tax Preparation– We prepare all business tax forms on your behalf, saving you hours and perhaps days of tax filing headaches.
- Business Tax Returns Prepared (Schedule C for Sole Proprietors)
Corporation and S-Corporation Tax Returns, LLC’s, LLP’s, Partnerships, Estates and Trusts - Self-Employment (Social Security and Medicare) Tax
- Estimated Income Tax
Bookkeeping– This helps you monitor your business, identify trends, and take appropriate actions.
- Monthly Preparation of Financial Statements
- Profit and Loss Statement
- Balance Sheet
- Cash Flow Analysis
- Bank Account Reconciliation
- Credit Card Statement(s) Reconciliation (extra charges may apply if mixed use personal and business)
Form Filing to All Tax Authorities– You gain peace of mind knowing your tax filings are correct and on time.
- Business Personal Property Tax
- Sales Tax Filings
- As part of our payroll service:
1. Quarterly Payroll Tax Filings
2. Federal and State Unemployment Tax Filings
3. Annual Withholding Statements (W2/W3 and 1099) for Employees and Contractors (5 included in basic payroll service)
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Owing to the following:
- Misappropriations of tax revenue
- Improper accounting of tax revenue
- miscalculation of tax fund
- Mismanagement of tax documents
- Inadequate analysis of tax fund
The need arise for the development of an expert system for tax management.