Subsequent events are reviewed through which date under IFRS?

a) Statement of financial position date.

b) Sixty days after the year-end date.

c) Date of independent auditor’s opinion.

d) Authorization date of the financial statements

Short Answer

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The correct option is (d).

Step by step solution

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Meaning of Subsequent events

The term "subsequent events" refers to occurrences that occur after a company's fiscal year ends but before its financial results are revealed. To put it another way, the following occurrences occur after the cut-off date but before the corporation submits its financial statements. Depending on the circumstances, further developments may necessitate financial statement disclosure.

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Explaining the correct part (d)

The events that occur between the end of the reporting period and the date on which the financial statements are permitted for issuance are referred to as events after the reporting period. There are two sorts of events:

  1. Those that show what happened at the conclusion of the reporting period (adjustment events); and
  2. Those that show what happened beyond the reporting period (post-reporting events) (non-adjusting events).

The amounts recognized in the financial statements are adjusted to reflect adjusting events, but they are not adjusted to reflect non-adjusting events. IAS 10 requires disclosures if non-adjusting events occur beyond the reporting period.

Therefore option (d) Authorization date of the financial statements is the correct option.

03

Explaining the incorrect option

a) An overview of a company's accounts, a balance sheet that displays assets and liabilities, and an income statement that illustrates the results of operations over time are all included in the financial statements.

b) Subsequent events are reviewed through which the financial statements under IFRS are disclosed at the authorization date and are not related to the event review after sixty days from the year's end date

c) An auditor cannot disclose subsequent events from an independent opinion. The auditor should follow IFRS guidelines.

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Instructions

The following six independent cases present how accounting facts might be reported on an individual company’s interim financial reports. For each of these cases, state whether the method proposed to be used for interim reporting would be acceptable under generally accepted accounting principles applicable to interim financial data. Support each answer with a brief explanation.

a) J. D. Long Company takes a physical inventory at year-end for annual financial statement purposes. Inventory and cost of sales reported in the interim quarterly statements are based on estimated gross profit rates, because a physical inventory would result in a cessation of operations. Long Company does have reliable perpetual inventory records.

For each of the following subsequent events, indicate whether a company should (a) adjust the financial statements, (b) disclose in notes to the financial statements, or (c) neither adjust nor disclose.

  1. Settlement of a tax case at a cost considerably in excess of the amount expected at year-end.
  2. Introduction of a new product line.
  3. Loss of assembly plant due to fire.
  4. Sale of a significant portion of the company’s assets.
  5. Retirement of the company president.
  6. Issuance of a significant number of ordinary shares.
  7. Loss of a significant customer.
  8. Prolonged employee strike.
  9. Material loss on a year-end receivable because of a customer’s bankruptcy.
  10. Hiring of a new president.
  11. Settlement of prior year’s litigation against the company (no loss was accrued).
  12. Merger with another company of comparable size.
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