Events After the Reporting Period — ACCA Practice Question 28

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Determine if the event provides evidence of conditions that existed at the end of the reporting period (Adjusting) or conditions that arose after the reporting period (Non-adjusting).

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B.Adjust the financial statements to write off the $50,000 receivable.✓ Correct

Under IAS 10 Events after the Reporting Period, the bankruptcy of a customer that occurs after the reporting period usually confirms that a loss existed at the end of the reporting period on a trade receivable. Therefore, it is an adjusting event, and the financial statements must be adjusted to write off the receivable.

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Treating it as a non-adjusting event requiring disclosure only, simply because the legal bankruptcy happened after year-end.

A company's year-end is 31 December 20X5. On 15 January 20X6, before the financial statements are authorized for issue, a major customer goes bankrupt. The customer owed $50,000 at the year-end. How should this event be treated in the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 20X5?

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