Accounting Information Systems: Understanding Business Processes is the fourth edition of the leading local textbook available to students who are required to study a subject on accounting information systems. A well established and widely used textbook, the new edition continues to detail the important role of accounting and information systems in business. As students of accounting are required to possess a firm understanding of accounting information systems and how they impact upon various core business processes the text explores the business processes that are central to many organisations, and explains the many issues associated with accounting information systems.