Long and Short, CPAs, were auditing Island Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014. On January 11, 2015, a major customer of Island Corporation declared bankruptcy as the result of an uninsured loss due to a major fire in their warehouse on January 8, 2015. As a result, a material accounts receivable from the customer was determined to be uncollectible. Long and Short, CPAs, would expect the client to
A. treat the loss as a subsequent event and adjust the 2014 financial statements to record the loss on uncollectible accounts.
B. record the loss on uncollectible accounts as a routine transaction in the year 2015.
C. treat the loss as a subsequent event and provide a footnote about the loss in the 2014 financial statements.
D. file a lawsuit against the customer in hopes of collecting some of the money owed to the client.