During 2016, The Molly Machine Company began selling a new type of machine that carries a two-year warranty against defects. Based on past industry and company experience, estimated warranty cost should total $2,000 per machine sold. Sales and actual warranty expenditures for 2016 were $2,000,000 (40 machines) and 22,000 respectively. What amount should Molly report at its esrtimated warranty liablility at December 31, 2016?
a. 58,000
b. 120,000
c. 22,000
d. 0
Step 1 | |||||||
To record the Warranty expense for the year 2016 | |||||||
Journal entry that will be passed to record the warranty expense is as under, | |||||||
Account Titles | Debit | Credit | |||||
Warranty Expense | $80,000.00 | ||||||
Warranty Liability | $80,000.00 | ||||||
Step 2 | |||||||
To record the Warranty expense incurred during the year 2016 | |||||||
Account Titles | Debit | Credit | |||||
Warranty Liability | $22,000.00 | ||||||
Cash | $22,000.00 | ||||||
Step 3 | |||||||
The Molly should report estimated warranty liablility at December 31, 2016 | |||||||
Net balance in Warrant Liability account (shown under Current Liabilities in Balance sheet) = $80000 - $22000 = $58,000 | |||||||
The answer is Option a. | |||||||
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