Question

Assume that a major customer of the company that you are auditing files for bankruptcy during the subsequent period because of a deteriorating financial condition. Neither you nor the client becomes aware of the event until the bankruptcy filing is reported. What type of subsequent event would this be

Answer 1

Answer:

Type I subsequent event

Explanation:

The reason is that there are two types of subsequent events which includes a recognizable event and a non-recognizable event. In the Recognizable event which is also known as type 1 subsequent events is the event that has occurred at the financial statement date and is concluded after the year end. So in this case, the event had occured at the financial statement date which the auditor and the company didn't knew about and has been concluded in the subsequent period.