Clean-All Inc. sells washing machines with a 3-year assurance-type warranty. In the past, Clean-All has found that

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Clean-All Inc. sells washing machines with a 3-year assurance-type warranty. In the past, Clean-All has found that in the year after sale, warranty costs have been 3% of sales; in the second year after sale, 5% of sales; and in the third year after sale, 7% of sales. The following data are also available:

Warranty Expenditures $62,000 82,000 85,000 Sales Year $500,000 65,000 700,000 2019 2020 2021


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1. Prepare the journal entries for the preceding transactions for 2019–2021. Closing entries are not required.
2. What amount would Clean-All report as a liability on its December 31, 2021, balance sheet, assuming the liability had a balance of $88,200 on December 31, 2018?
3. Next Level How would the failure to recognize a contingent liability affect the financial statements?

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Intermediate Accounting Reporting and Analysis

ISBN: 978-1337788281

3rd edition

Authors: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach

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