Question

During 2016 Green Thumb Company introduced a new line of garden shears that carry a two-year warranty against defects. Experience indicates that warranty costs should be 2% of net sales in the year of sale and 3% in the year after sale. Net sales and actual warranty expenditures were as follows:
Net
sales Actual warranty expenditures
2016 $ 45,000 $ 1,000
2017 120,000 3,500

At December 31, 2017, Green Thumb should report as a warranty liability of:

a.$900

b.$1,250

c.$3,750

d.$4,500

Answer 1

Answer:

c. $3,750

Explanation:

Green Thumb Company provides two years warranty for any product defect. The provision needs to be made for the warranty expense and it should be reported in the balance sheet as warranty liability. The company budgets the warranty expense to be 2% in year of sales which is $2,400 ($120,000 * 2%) and 3% in the year after sale which is $1,350 ($45,000 * 3%). The total warranty liability for the year 2017 which will be reported at December 31, 2017 is $3,750.