A company prepares financial statements to 31 December each year. The following events occurred after 31 December
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A company prepares financial statements to 31 December each year. The following events occurred after 31 December 2017 but before the financial statements for the year to 31 December 2017 were authorised for issue:
(a) Inventory held at 31 December 2017 was sold to a customer.
(b) The company made a major investment in plant and equipment.
(c) The company made a take-over bid for another company.
(d) A customer who owed an amount of money to the company on 31 December 2017 was declared bankrupt.
(e) The company announced a major restructuring plan.
(f) It was discovered that cash shown as an asset in the statement of financial position at 31 December 2017 had been stolen on 28 December 2017.
(g) It was discovered that a item of equipment shown as an asset in the statement of financial position at 31 December 2017 had been stolen on 12 January 2018.
(h) The government announced a change in tax rates that will have a significant effect on the company's tax liability at 31 December 2017.
Classify each of these events as either an adjusting event or a non-adjusting event and explain how each event should be dealt with in the company's financial statements for the year to 31 December 2017. It may be assumed that all of the events are material.
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International Financial Reporting A Practical Guide
ISBN: 978-1292200743
6th edition
Authors: Alan Melville