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AAA – L3 – Q37 – Evaluation and review
Review subsequent events at Benson Manufacturing for 30 June 20X8, including redundancy, receivables, legal claims, and inventory loss.
Question
You are the manager in charge of the audit of Benson Manufacturing. Your subsequent events review for the year ended 30 June 20X8 has identified the following events, all of which took place after the date of the financial statements:
(1) A third of the sales force was made redundant. Provision has been made in the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 20X8 for redundancy payments of C500,000.
(2) One of Benson Manufacturing’s largest customers, Venture Retail, notified its intention to go into liquidation with an outstanding receivable of C250,000. The directors consider that the current general provision for irrecoverable receivables will cover any potential loss.
(3) A writ has been issued against the company by a former sales director who is claiming C120,000 for breach of his service agreement following his dismissal during the year ended 30 June 20X8. No provision has been made in the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 20X8 in respect of this claim.
(4) A fire at the company’s warehouse destroyed its entire inventory. The inventories had a book value of C2 million. This loss has not been included in the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 20X8.
Required
State the enquiries you would make and the evidence you would seek in order to reach a conclusion on the accounting treatment of the above in the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 20X8.
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- Tags: Audit Evidence, Contingencies, Financial Statements, Inventory, Provisions, Receivables, Subsequent events
- Level: Level 3
- Topic: Evaluation and review