Factors affecting the capacity of accounting software in controlling frauds and errors in small and medium enterprises (Smes): A case study of SMEs in Hanoi, Vietnam

ISSN 2588-1299  
VJAS 2020; 3(3): 746-745  
Vietnam Journal  
of Agricultural  
Sciences  
Factors Affecting the Capacity of Accounting  
Software in Controlling Frauds and Errors in  
Small and Medium Enterprises (Smes): A  
Case Study of SMEs in Hanoi, Vietnam  
Ngo Thi Thu Hang1, Vu Thi Hai1, Tran Quang Trung1, Vu Manh  
Chien2, Nguyen Thi Hong Nga3  
1Faculty of Accounting and Business Management, Vietnam National University of  
Agriculture, Hanoi 131000, Vietnam  
2Faculty of Accounting & Auditing - Vietnam University of Commerce, Hanoi 122868,  
Vietnam  
3Faculty of Accounting and Auditing - Hanoi University of Industry, Hanoi 129000,  
Vietnam  
Abstract  
Financial accounting information has impacted the operation of  
enterprises, especially SMEs. With the development of technology,  
digital accounting applications are playing an increasingly important  
role in minimizing mistakes, and ensuring the accuracy and  
timeliness of accounting information. Using multiple discriminant  
analyses, this study confirmed the significance of accounting  
software in reducing frauds and errors in SMEs’ businesses despite  
some drawbacks. It showed that the managers’ ability to access the  
software and the decentralization of power in accessing the  
accounting software were the two key factors deciding the  
success/failure of applying accounting software to control frauds and  
errors. In addition, smart applications of the accounting software  
positively contributed to the elimination of frauds in enterprises.  
Based on these results, recommendations are drawn for SMEs, such  
as investing more in smart applications of accounting software, as  
well as updating knowledge about accounting for management, in  
order to get more advantages from accounting software applications  
for their business in the long term.  
Keywords  
Accounting software, frauds and errors, SME  
Introduction  
In the modern world, technology has taken a dominant role.  
Information technology has significantly changed the accounting  
profession in recent decades through the advent of countless  
accounting software, and the development of the internet and cloud  
computing. These technologies have transformed the profession in  
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many aspects, from the nature of accounting to  
the products of accounting works, and even in the  
structure of accounting systems in a business  
(Amidu et al., 2011). According to Deshmukh  
(2006), there has not been a standard definition  
but the term “digital accounting” refers to the  
representation of accounting information in a  
digital format, as well as the changes in  
accounting due to computing and networking  
technologies. In a word, digital technology has  
broken the boundaries of traditional accounting  
systems, both literally and figuratively.  
skills necessary or very necessary in their  
industry and 63% believed that they had the right  
level of digital skills for their roles (ACCA,  
2020).  
For all kinds of businesses, frauds and errors  
during the running process have frequently  
caused serious problems. According to the  
International Standard on Auditing 240, fraud  
refers to “an intentional act by one or more  
individuals among management, those charged  
with governance, employees, or third parties,  
involving the use of deception to obtain an unjust  
or illegal advantage”, while error refers to “an  
unintentional misstatement in the financial  
statements, including the omission of an amount  
Precise and timely economic information  
given by the accounting department will actively  
assist managers both in making decisions and  
managing their business. However, an incorrect  
accounting system could result in many serious  
problems for a company, especially in small and  
medium enterprises (SMEs) (Chakraborty,  
or  
disclosure”.  
By  
intentionally  
or  
unintentionally affecting the assets or the  
decision-making system, errors and fraud can  
lead to financial losses and, in some cases, even  
force companies to lay off staff or collapse (Gee  
et al., 2011). According to the Association of  
Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the  
estimated fraud losses for all businesses in the  
world totalled nearly 2.9 trillion USD in 2009,  
more than 30 percent of which occurred in small  
and medium-sized companies (Morey, 2010).  
Notably, the Centre for Economics Business and  
Research (CEBR) in 2016 evaluated that the  
increasing incidences of fraud and errors, and the  
increasing magnitude and impacts of fraud and  
online crime were the unfortunate outcomes  
which coincided with the fast growth and  
innovations of enterprises in the Asia Pacific  
region. Fifty-nine percent of the firms involved  
in this research forecasted that frauds would  
increase in the next five years, with over half of  
the surveyed firms (51%) indicating that they are  
spending more time and investment on fraud  
prevention.  
2015).  
Although errors are inherent to  
accounting and materially impact the quality of a  
financial report, this issue is often neglected  
when the design of accounting systems is  
evaluated (Christensen, 2010). The evolution of  
information technology in accounting has been  
expected to solve the above problems. Previous  
inefficient traditional paper-based manual  
accounting methods have been gradually  
improved through the implementation of  
computerized accounting information systems  
(Zakaria et al., 2011). Saving the amount of  
labour and time for accounting work, providing  
more precise and timely information, and  
increasing the convenience for the related parties  
in economic transactions are inherently  
beneficial not only for the enterprises but also for  
all the users of the enterprises’ financial  
information as well as the whole community. As  
one of the important elements of the internal  
control system, the accounting system is  
expected to powerfully control frauds and errors,  
especially with the support of advanced  
technology and the concept of business  
intelligence (BI) (Graham, 2015). A survey  
conducted in 2019 by The Association of  
Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) found that  
out of 4,264 accountancy and finance  
professionals globally, including members,  
affiliates, and students, 89% considered digital  
Despite the significant role of digital  
accounting in business management and its  
widespread use, research on this topic has been  
limited in scope. Existing research has focused  
on analyzing the performances of e-accounting  
of other countries such as in Malaysia (Zakaria et  
al. , 2011), Ghana (Amidu et al. , 2011), or in in  
the UK, mainland China, India, Singapore,  
Russia, and Brazil but not including Vietnam  
(ACCA, 2020). Besides, there is little research  
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about the negative impacts of digital accounting  
on business management, except for some  
predictions about the issue of cybercriminal  
activities which have become a challenge for the  
accounting profession (Brozovsky & Luo, 2013).  
These issues raise the question of why do  
businesses follow the trend of investing more in  
digital accounting as well as in advanced  
technology when there are more potential risks  
that the entrepreneurs must cope with? Focusing  
on SMEs as the research subjects, this research  
aimed to explore the hidden reasons why some  
companies benefit from accounting software  
while others do not. Furthermore, despite many  
policies to support the development of SMEs in  
Vietnam, such as supplying formal credit capital,  
and enhancing human capacity, land, and market  
connections (Phung The Dong, 2019), so far  
there has been limited research about digital  
accounting applications in SMEs, which could  
lead to better policies/intervention to support  
SMEs in this regard. Therefore, this research  
sought to examine the role of accounting  
software in controlling frauds and errors in SMEs  
in Hanoi, Vietnam, as well as to discover the  
factors that support and impede SMEs from  
utilizing accounting software in the elimination  
of frauds and errors. The research results could  
be of help to managers in improving accounting  
systems and gaining the maximum benefits from  
digital accounting software in their enterprises as  
well as policy-makers wishing to design effective  
interventions to support SMEs.  
Businesses 2020 released by the Ministry of  
Planning & Investment on 28 April 2020, the  
total number of enterprises in Hanoi in 2018  
increased to 129,556; and 97.5% of those were  
small and medium enterprises, which created  
jobs for 1.2 million workers in this area.  
The sampling group consisted of 150  
randomly chosen SMEs in Hanoi that had been  
operating for more than five years. Five years  
was considered the appropriate length of time for  
both the directors and the accountants to assess  
the changes of the accounting profession as well  
as their impacts on the enterprise and the  
accountants. Also, after five years in operation,  
each of the SMEs should have undergone at least  
one external check by taxation authorities. After  
invalid responses were removed, only 131  
responses were used for this research. Fifty-eight  
enterprises (44.3%) were in commercial sectors.  
The majority of the enterprises (108) had fully  
functioning accounting departments that  
performed duties ranging from collecting  
receipts to book recording and reporting.  
However, half of them had never been checked  
by the parent company or external auditors  
(Figures 1, 2, and 3).  
Data collection  
Primary data in this research were collected using  
a semi-structured questionnaire for interviewees  
(accountants or managers). The questions  
focused on basic information about their  
accounting systems, the involvement of  
accountants and managers in the accounting  
system, the application status of the accounting  
software in their companies; the frequency and  
scale of frauds and errors occurring after using  
digital accounting; their opinions on the impact  
of digital accounting on frauds and errors, and  
their perceived benefits and problems of  
applying digital accounting.  
Methodology  
Research site and sample selection  
Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and has the  
second-largest economic scale of the country.  
After expanding administrative boundaries in  
2008, Hanoi now covers an area of 334,470.02  
hectares and had a population of over 8 million  
people in 2019. Its GRDP per capita in 2019  
reached VND 127.6 million. Hanoi contributes  
about 2.1% of the national GDP growth, 19% of  
the total budget revenue, and 6% of the country's  
export turnover (Hanoi Statistics Office, 2020).  
According to the White Book on Vietnamese  
Data analysis  
Descriptive statistics were used to examine  
the interviewees’ evaluations of the impacts of  
accounting software on the controlling of errors  
and frauds in their enterprise (in terms of the  
frequency and scale of the errors and frauds),  
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Figure 1. Number of enterprises categorised based on type of business  
Figure 2. Number of enterprises categorised based on type of accounting models  
Figure 3. Number of enterprises categorised based on the type of external checks for the financial informations  
using a Likert scale with five levels as follows: 1  
= Increase, 2 = Slightly increase, 3 = No changes,  
4 = Slightly decrease, and 5 = Decrease.  
(5) The access of managers to the accounting  
software, and (6) The decentralization of power  
in accessing the accounting software. This was  
performed by examining the differences among  
three groups, categorized by the success/failure  
of the applications of accounting software in  
controlling errors and frauds in their business:  
Group 1 consisted of companies in which  
accounting software has had positive impacts in  
controlling frauds and errors; Group 2 consisted  
of companies in which accounting software has  
had no impact in controlling frauds and errors;  
and Group 3 consisted of companies in which  
accounting software has had negative impacts in  
controlling frauds and errors. This analysis was  
Multiple discriminant analysis was also used  
to measure the impacts (Brown, 1998; Hoang  
Trong & Chu Nguyen Mong Ngoc, 2008) of  
factors on the application of accounting software  
in controlling business risks. Based on the  
research of Güney (2014), Ghasemi et al. (2011),  
and Jordan (1999), the independent variables  
used in the study were: (1) Experience of the  
chief accountant; (2) Experience of the  
accountants who manage the software; (3) The  
frequency of maintenance of the software; (4)  
Smart applications in the accounting software;  
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used to define which factor among the six factors  
above influenced the success/failure of the  
application of accounting software in controlling  
errors and frauds in those companies.  
general and accounting work in particular will  
create favorable conditions for managers in  
corporate governance and allow check  
comparisons to detect frauds as well as financial  
errors. With the support of accounting software,  
especially E-accounting software, the task of  
controlling has been improved based on the up-  
to-date and online data, which help to eliminate  
data duplication and improve the centralized  
control of data systems (Zakaria et al. , 2011;  
Güney, 2014). Important features such as  
standard defaults and mathematical verification  
processes could help to ensure that the company's  
accounting ledgers are always in balance and do  
not contain any unbalance errors. Moreover,  
electronically transferring information is always  
more accurate and timely than handing based on  
the manual accounting system (Ghasemi et al.,  
2011). In addition, the application of accounting  
software also enables easier and more effective  
supervision of finances and other judicial issues,  
which certainly supports fraud reduction  
(Güney, 2014). While the conventional manual  
approach is more suitable for discovering  
anomalies due to unintentional errors found  
regularly in data based on the “double-entry”  
principle, computer-based approaches could  
detect even intentional frauds by an employee  
in selected financial transactions, or frequently  
controlling full populations of data (Wong &  
Venkatraman, 2015).  
Results and Discussion  
The role of accounting software in controlling  
the frauds and errors in SMEs of Hanoi,  
Vietnam  
A majority of the interviewed managers and  
accountants, who had from 1 year to more than  
10 years’ experience in using accounting  
software for their daily work, positively  
evaluated the role of accounting software in  
controlling frauds and errors in their business.  
They even evaluated accounting software as the  
most useful tool in reducing the frequency as  
well as the scale of frauds and errors, compared  
with other digital applications in their accounting  
work such as digital signatures, online sales, or  
internet banking (Table 1).  
The application of information technology in  
accounting systems has great significance in  
preventing and detecting frauds and errors  
quickly. This finding is consistent with the  
research of Ngo et al. (2013) which indicated a  
negative correlation between the application of  
information technology to business accounting  
and the existence of fraud and error in that  
business. The reasons given were that applying  
information technology to management in  
However, the results from the survey  
Table 1. Evaluation of managers and accountants about the impact of technology applications  
Impact in controlling frauds Impact in controlling frauds  
Reduce the frequency  
Reduce the scale of  
frauds  
Reduce the frequency  
of frauds  
Reduce the scale of  
frauds  
of frauds  
Accounting Software  
Digital Signatures  
Online Taxes  
4.49  
4.39  
4.12  
4.26  
3.79  
4.10  
4.03  
3.89  
4.04  
Accounting Software  
Digital Signatures  
Online Taxes  
4.49  
4.15  
4.23  
3.58  
4.03  
3.94  
4.25  
3.95  
4.15  
4.23  
Online Sales  
3.58  
Online Sales  
Internet Banking  
Antivirus Software  
Intranet Applications  
Online Backups  
4.03  
Internet Banking  
Antivirus Software  
Intranet Applications  
Online Backups  
3.94  
4.25  
3.95  
Note : 1: Increase; 2: Slightly increase; 3: No changes; 4: Slightly decrease; 5: Decrease  
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showed that besides the majority of the managers  
and accountants who had positive views about  
the effectiveness of accounting software in  
controlling errors and frauds, 9% of the  
interviewed SMEs said that the software had no  
impact in controlling errors and frauds.  
Moreover, 10% of the interviewed SMEs  
indicated that it had negative impacts in  
controlling errors (Figure 4). Many reasons for  
these results have been reported based on several  
case studies. The first reason is the limitation in  
the capacity of accountants in managing  
accounting software in the context of continuous  
development of information technology. The use  
of information technology systems in the  
organization may also present some challenges  
for the accountants. As the technology offers  
accountants various methods for extracting  
detailed and precise financial information, the  
risk of poor accountability and loss of  
confidentiality, therefore, increases ((Jordan,  
1999) cited in (Zakaria et al. , 2011)). Similarly,  
the risk of cybercriminals tampering with a  
firm’s data and stealing valuable information—  
without ever seeing or coming into contact with  
the victim—can be seen as an unfortunate  
consequence of these advances (Brozovsky &  
Luo, 2013). Second, the application of  
accounting software in the financial system also  
accounting system, the application of hi-tech in  
the accounting work also increases the chance of  
the intentional modifications of financial data by  
unethical accountants. This can allow  
accountants to easily make fraudulent changes if  
the managers do not really understand the  
meaning of financial figures or the actual  
financial status of the business. The limited  
accounting knowledge of many managers also  
causes difficulties in controlling their  
accountants. This opportunity has made  
accounting manipulation of financial figures to  
be more easily overlooked by managers.  
Factors affecting the success of accounting  
software application in controlling the  
business frauds and errors  
Given the fact that 81% of the surveyed  
SMEs had succeeded in using accounting  
software to control business frauds and errors,  
9% found there was no impact, and 10% found  
that it had negative impacts in these controlling  
tasks, the SMEs were divided into three groups  
for the multiple discriminant analysis tests,  
which aimed to find out the key factors affecting  
successes/failures. The results, shown in Table 2  
and Table 3, indicated that the role of the  
managers’ access to the accounting software and  
the decentralization power in accessing the  
accounting software were the important factors  
to the success or failure of the SME in using  
accounting software to control frauds and errors.  
increases  
a
businesses’ dependence on  
equipment platforms as well as other external  
conditions such as electric power and internet  
access. Most surveyed SMEs in this study had  
experienced the problems of a power cut and  
sudden interruption of their internet connection,  
like many Ghanaian SMEs (Amidu et al. , 2011).  
Therefore, most of the SMEs contacted  
considered frequent breakdowns of their  
accounting system a serious problem which then  
led to inaccurate reports generated by the  
accounting systems, an inability to import/export  
financial data, and an inability to fully  
comprehend and interpret the results from the  
system. Countless errors have been found as the  
results of these situations, which take a lot of  
time for the accountants to rework or fix. The last  
reason is more related to the causes of the frauds.  
Along with the advantages of a paperless  
Controls by the managers, namely the  
board of directors and the chief of the financial  
department, on financial accounting matters  
were vital in controlling and preventing  
mistakes. Luckily, accounting software  
packages designed for SMEs are usually basic  
programs created with non-accountant  
thinking in mind, which allows business  
owners and managers to perform traditional  
accounting functions without much formal  
training or technical accounting knowledge.  
Even more, small business owners or managers  
may also be able to transfer this information  
electronically to their public accountant for tax  
purposes by themselves (Ghasemi et al. , 2011).  
A similar idea was found in the research of Zhou  
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Group 2: No impact in  
controlling errors and  
frauds, 9%  
Group 3: Negaive impact  
in controlling errors and  
frauds, 10%  
Group 1: Positive impact in controlling  
errors and frauds, 81%  
Figure 4. Proportions of SMEs categorized by impacts of accounting software in controlling errors and frauds  
Table 2. Multiple discriminant analysis tests on the factors affecting the success of accounting software application in controlling  
errors  
Factors  
Wilks' Lambda  
0.988  
F
df1  
2
df2  
128  
128  
128  
128  
128  
128  
Sig.  
Experience of the chief accountant  
0.771  
0.565  
0.955  
1.751  
5.659  
19.917  
0.465  
0.570  
0.387  
0.178  
0.004  
0.000  
Experience of the accountants who manage the software  
The frequency of maintenance of the software  
Smart applications in the accounting software  
The access of managers to the accounting software  
The decentralization of power in accessing the accounting software  
Note:  
0.991  
2
0.985  
2
0.973  
2
0.919  
2
0.763  
2
Experiences of the chief accountant = number of experience years of the chief accountant  
Experience of accountants who manage the software = number of experience years of the accountant who manages the  
accounting software  
The frequency of maintenance of the software = Periodical (every year) / Sometimes (once every 2-3 years) / Never  
Smart applications in accounting software = High level / Average level/ Low level / No applications  
The access of managers to the accounting software = Managers have access to the accounting software: Yes/No  
The decentralization power in access accounting software = High level / Average level/ Low level / Free for everyone to access.  
(2010) (cited in (Maseko & Manyani, 2011)  
which proposes the use of accounting software  
by the business owner or the managers in SMEs  
to improve accounting practices. Moreover, the  
involvement of managers in the financial system  
can help them to recognize the potential risks in  
the financial accounting of their business, as well  
as find and recruit experienced and qualified staff  
adequately. This, directly or indirectly, could  
help to reduce the inherent risks and control risks  
in their business (Ngo Thi Thu Hang et al.,  
2013). Therefore, governance was seen as one of  
the mechanisms that could effectively safeguard  
the interests of the business owner, as well as  
ensure effective monitoring. In other words, the  
important part of the management's duty is to  
promote an effective internal control structure to  
protect the entity’s assets and to maintain the  
credibility of financial reporting (Hussain et al.,  
2016).  
The second factor in the success of the  
accounting software in controlling errors and  
frauds was the decentralization of power in  
accessing the accounting software, which means  
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Table 3. Multiple discriminant analysis tests on the factors affecting the success of accounting software application in controlling fraud  
Factors  
Wilks' Lambda  
0.973  
F
df1  
2
df2  
128  
128  
128  
128  
128  
128  
Sig.  
Experience of the chief accountant  
1.754  
2.221  
0.579  
6.642  
8.237  
12.230  
0.177  
0.113  
0.562  
0.002  
0.000  
0.000  
Experience of the accountants who manage the software  
The frequency of maintenance of the software  
Smart applications in the accounting software  
The access of managers to the accounting software  
The decentralization of power in accessing the accounting software  
0.966  
2
0.991  
2
0.906  
2
0.886  
2
0.840  
2
Note:  
Experience of the chief accountant: number of experience years of the chief accountant  
Experience of accountants who manage the software: number of experience years of the accountant who manages the accounting  
software  
The frequency of maintenance of the software: Periodical (every year) / Sometimes (once every 2-3 years) / Never  
Smart applications in the accounting software: High level / Average level/ Low level / No application  
Managers have access to the accounting software: Yes/No  
The decentralization of power in accessing the accounting software: High level / Average level/ Low level / Free for everyone to  
access  
that each accountant can access only the  
procedure or part of the accounting software  
related to his/her work. The more this mechanism  
was developed in the accounting software, the  
fewer frauds and errors occurred in the business.  
Consistent with this finding, the research of  
Ghasemi et al. (2011) about the impact of  
Information Technology (IT) on modern  
accounting systems also indicated that the  
accuracy of financial information was improved  
by limiting the number of accountants who have  
access to the full procedure of the accounting  
cycle. As for the reason, less access by  
accountants ensures that financial information  
was adjusted only by qualified supervisors.  
recorded), these smart applications are expected  
to play a remarkable role to eliminate frauds,  
which are dissimulated and therefore more  
difficult to detect than business errors.  
Conclusions and Implications  
Conclusions  
Generally, accounting software is becoming  
an important part of the accounting system in all  
businesses because it does not only support  
recording data and making financial reports  
timely and accurately, but also plays an  
important role in controlling frauds and errors in  
businesses. The results of this study confirmed  
the effectiveness of accounting software with  
these controlling tasks, with evidence from 81%  
of the surveyed SMEs who succeeded in  
applying it to reduce the frequency and scale of  
frauds and errors in their firms. However, some  
SMEs reported no impacts (9%), or even  
negative impacts (10%) of accounting software  
on controlling frauds and errors. The results of  
the tests showed that the access of managers to  
the accounting software and the decentralization  
of power in accessing the accounting software  
were the two major factors in the success/failure  
of using software to control frauds and errors. In  
addition, smart applications in the accounting  
Furthermore, the smart applications in the  
accounting software have also been considered  
as one of the important factors in controlling  
frauds, but not a significant factor in controlling  
errors (Tables 2 and 3). The smart applications  
here refer to online access that allow data to be  
updated via many methods such as smartphones,  
tablets, laptops, and integrated with electronic  
invoices, online tax returns, and internet banking  
services, which support early detection of frauds  
by instantly checking and informing the whole  
system. While business errors can be controlled  
by the basic functions of accounting software (for  
example, computerized systems will not allow  
journal entries to be out of balance when posting,  
ensuring that individual transactions are properly  
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