Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
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Chapter 8, Problem 54BE
Many companies provide warranties with their products. Such warranties typically guarantee the repair or replacement of defective goods for some specified period of time following the sale.
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CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION Why do most warranties require companies to make a
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(Disclosures, Conditional and Contingent Liabilities) Presented below are three independent situations.Situation 1: A company offers a one-year warranty for the product that it manufactures. A history of warranty claims has been compiled, and the probable amounts of claims related to sales for a given period can be determined.Situation 2: Subsequent to the date of a set of financial statements but prior to the issuance of the financial statements, a company enters into a contract that will probably result in a significant loss to the company. The amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated.Situation 3: A company has adopted a policy of recording self-insurance for any possible losses resulting from injury to others by the company’s vehicles. The premium for an insurance policy for the same risk from an independent insurance company would have an annual cost of $4,000. During the period covered by the financial statements, there were no accidents involving the company’s vehicles that…
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A manufacturer gives warranties at the time of sale to purchasers of its product. Under the terms of the contract of sale, the manufacturer undertakes to make good, by repair or replacement, manufacturing defects that become apparent within one year from the date of sale. On the basis of experience, it is probable (i.e., more likely than not) that there will be some claims under the warranties.
Sales of ₱40 million were made evenly throughout 20X1.
At December 31, 20x1 the expenditures for warranty repairs and replacements for the product sold in 20x1 are expected to be made 50% in 20x1 and 50% in 20x2. Assume for simplicity that all the 20x2 outflows of economic benefits related to the warranty repairs and replacements take place on June 30, 20x2.
Experience indicates that 95% of products sold require no warranty repairs; 3% of products sold require minor repairs costing 10% of the sale price; and 2% of products sold require major…
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Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
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