Subsequent events are the events that take place after the reporting period but before the date of issue of the financial statement for that reporting period. Subsequent events are of two types:
1. Type I - The events which provide further evidence pertaining to the conditions that existed on the date of the financial statement (last day of the reporting period). The financial statments are adjusted to account for such events.
2. Type II - The events which provide further evidence pertaining to the conditions that didn't exist on the date of the financial statement (last day of the reporting period). The financial statments are not adjusted for such events but information about the same is provided by way of notes to financial statements.
Classification of the given events in two categories:
A. Flood damage after balance sheet date - Type II event as no related conditions existed on the date of balance sheet.
B. Bankruptcy by the customer during Audit: Type II assuming it is the result of sudden loss sufferred by the customer and there were no indications of deteriorating financial conditions of the cusomter on the balance sheet date. If such assumptions do not hold good, it will be a Type I event.
C. Additional evidence about the conditions that existed at the balance sheet date - Type I as per the definition above.
D. Lawsuit settlement after the balance sheet date - Type I as the lawsuit existed on the balance sheet date.
E. Conditions coming into existence after balance sheet date - Type II as per the definition.
Match each definition or example with the correct type of subsequent event. A flood damages a...
Which of the following is the best example of a Type I subsequent event? a. The company defaults on its line-of-credit with the bank subsequent to year end but previous to the release of the audit opinion. b. The company initiates an initial public offering subsequent to year-end. c. A related-party transaction occurs during the course of the audit. d. Litigation that was accrued as a liability in the year under audit is settled subsequent to year-end for an amount...
Bart, Felix & Jeter (BFJ) LLP completed the audit of Silver Sonic Ltd for the financial year ending 30 June 2021 on 15th August 2021. The auditor’s report was signed on 22nd August and given to Silver Sonic’s board of directors and management. Subsequently the company issued the signed audited reports on 30th August 2021.Based on risk assessment, BFJ set the materiality level at $100,000 which is 10% of net profit before tax. The following issues were brought to the...
3-25 (OBJECTIVES 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8) For the following independent situations, assume that you are the audit partner on the engagement: 1. Auto Delivery Company has a fleet of several delivery trucks. In the past, Auto Delivery had followed the policy of purchasing all equipment. In the current year, they decided to lease the trucks. The method of accounting for the trucks is therefore changed to lease capitalization. This change in policy is fully disclosed in footnotes. 2. You...
The following are independent situations for which you will recommend an appropriate audit report Subsequent to the date of the financial statements as part of his post-balance sheet date audit procedures, a CPA learned that a recent fire caused heavy damage to one of a client's two plants; the loss will not be reimbursed by insurance. The newspapers described the event in detail. The financial statements and footnotes as prepared by the client did not disclose the loss caused by...
Requirements: Identify which of the conditions requiring a deviation from a standard unmodified opinion audit report is applicable, if any. Then, state the level of materiality as immaterial, material, or highly material. If you cannot decide the level of materiality, state the additional information needed to make a decision. (If a box is not used in the table leave the box empty; do not select a label.) For each situation, do the following: a. Identify which of the conditions requiring...
Case Study Analysis: Fred Stern & Company, Inc. (Knapp): In the business world of the Roaring Twenties, the schemes and scams of flimflam artists and confidence men were legendary. The absence of a strong regulatory system at the federal level to police the securities markets—the Securities and Exchange Commission was not established until 1934—aided, if not encouraged, financial frauds of all types. In all likelihood, the majority of individuals involved in business during the 1920s were scrupulously honest. Nevertheless, the...
Bryant Corporation was incorporated on December 1, 2015, and
began operations one week later. Before closing the books for the
fiscal year ended November 30, 2016, Bryant’s controller prepared
the following financial statements:
BRYANT CORPORATION
Balance Sheet
November 30, 2016
1
Assets
2
Current Assets:
3
Cash
$180,000.00
4
Accounts receivable
480,000.00
5
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts
(59,000.00)
6
Inventories
430,000.00
7
Prepaid insurance
15,000.00
8
Total current assets
$1,046,000.00
9
Property, plant, and equipment
426,000.00
10
Less: Accumulated...
Master Budget Case: ToyWorks Ltd.
ToyWorks Ltd. is a company that manufactures and sells a single
product, which they call a toodle. For planning and control
purposes they utilize a quarterly master budget, which is
usually developed at least six months in advance of the budget
period. Their fiscal year end is December 31.
During the summer of 2018, Chris Leigh, the ToyWorks controller,
spent considerable time with Pat Frazer, the Manager of Marketing,
putting together a sales forecast for...
Discuss the horizontal analysis in the table below, explaining
why Cash and Cash equivalents have been twice in 2018 than 2017
despite cash from Operating Activities falling by almost one third.
And what risks for doing that?
Horizontal Analysis of Cash Flows
Note
2018
2017
Cash flows from operating activities
£m
£m
% change
Cash generated from operations
32
137.5
200.4
(31.4)
Finance income
0.1
0.1
–
Finance costs
(11.1)
(11.2)
(0.9)
Tax received/(paid)
1.3
(16.3)
(108)
Net cash generated...
LO 10-6, 10 10-36 Based on an assessment of audit risk, the auditors are concerned with the following two risks: 1. The risk that that the client might be making duplicate payments to vendors. 2. The risk that the client's accounting clerk might be making unauthorized payments to himself. a. Assuming that the client has a manual accounting system, describe how the auditors can design a test to identify the duplicate payments and unauthorized payments. b. Assuming that the client...