A tecnologia da informação na contabilidade

Abstract

The world has gone through several processes of technological evolution throughout history, but never as quickly and incisively as in recent times, where technology has become part of the lives of individuals and organizations in an intrinsic way. In accounting also this influence is incisive. The manual processes today are carried out through digital platforms. Information technology, along with systems, occupies a very important place in accounting organizations, making this a valuable topic. The objective of this research is to demonstrate the vision of accounting professionals related to information technology in the provision of accounting services and at the same time: analyze the advances of information technology in the accounting area; to know the profile of the accounting professional currently working, to understand the accounting professionals' view of technological advances and to understand the changes in accounting activity that have occurred over the last two decades. This is a descriptive research that sought to show the reality of accounting professionals, with regard to their vision in the face of technological advances. As for the means, it is bibliographical and field research, where it was intended to observe the concrete reality of accounting professionals to demonstrate their level of knowledge about information technology applied to accounting. As a data collection instrument for this research, a questionnaire was drawn up based on Carraro (2013); Oliveira (2015) and Oliveira e Souza (2016).