Company a Hired Q to Perform Its Year-End Audit

question 18

Multiple Choice

Company A hired Q to perform its year-end audit. Subsequent to year-end, A discovers that one of its customers, who owes Company A a material amount, has filed for bankruptcy protection. Assume that Q completed the audit work prior to the date of bankruptcy filing but has not yet issued the audit report. In this case, Q should:

• A) ignore the event since it does not apply to the current year under audit.
• B) notify those individuals known to be relying on its work of the bankruptcy.
• C) perform additional work, as deemed necessary given the circumstances.
• D) None of the above.

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