The purpose of this study is to know the role and importance of computerized accounting information systems in Libyan commercial banks and to know the importance of participation of accountants in the planning and analysis stage, design stage and application stage of these systems. This study also aims to evaluate the performance of computerized accounting information systems in Libyan commercial banks by applying the most important variables that deal with this aspect, where (180) questionnaires were distributed to a sample of accountants working in Libyan commercial banks. And data is analyzed by re-gression analysis and t-test. The study concluded with a set of results. Based on this, the researcher formulated a set of recommendations, which both will show at the end of the research. And the study concluded that the effect of the participation of Libyan accountants working in commercial banks in the development of computerized accounting systems has affected the success of computerized accounting systems only in the application stage, unlike their participation in the planning and analysis stage, and design stage that according to the results of this study both of them have no effect on the success of these systems.
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