Subsequent EventsEvents after the reporting date, and which ones change the accounts.Accounting & FinanceAdjustingCondition existed at the reportingdateCustomer goes bust — debt wasalready badInventory sold below costCourt case settled, obligationconfirmedAdjust the figures in the accountsNon-adjustingCondition arose after the dateFire destroys a warehouseMajor acquisition announcedShare issue after year endDisclose only, do not adjustTHE DIFFERENCE THAT MATTERSThe test is not when you learned of it, but when the underlyingcondition came into existence.One exception overrides the split: if going concern fails after the date,the accounts are restated entirely.Subsequent Eventslearnposters.com
Subsequent Events — printable business wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Subsequent Events poster

Adjusting against Non-adjusting, side by side.

One exception overrides the split: if going concern fails after the date, the accounts are restated entirely.

Questions about the Subsequent Events poster

What’s on the Subsequent Events poster?
Adjusting against Non-adjusting, side by side. Adjusting: Condition existed at the reporting date; Adjusting: Customer goes bust — debt was already bad; Adjusting: Inventory sold below cost; Adjusting: Court case settled, obligation confirmed; Adjusting: Adjust the figures in the accounts; Non-adjusting: Condition arose after the date; Non-adjusting: Fire destroys a warehouse; Non-adjusting: Major acquisition announced; Non-adjusting: Share issue after year end; Non-adjusting: Disclose only, do not adjust; The test is not when you learned of it, but when the underlying condition came into e…. One exception overrides the split: if going concern fails after the date, the accounts are restated entirely.
Who is the Subsequent Events poster for?
Subsequent Events belongs to the Accounting & Finance section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning audit & assurance can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Subsequent Events poster?
Adjusting events reveal conditions that existed at the date. Non-adjusting events do not. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Subsequent Events belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Subsequent Events?
Assurance Engagements, Audit Documentation and Audit Evidence sit alongside Subsequent Events in the Accounting & Finance section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Assurance EngagementsAudit DocumentationAudit Evidence
Is the Subsequent Events poster free to download and print?
Yes. Subsequent Events downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Accounting & Finance section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Subsequent Events poster print at?
Subsequent Events is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Subsequent Events loses nothing.Printing guide

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