A company manufactures electronic equipment and offers a one-year warranty with each unit sold. For the year, the company sold 25,000 units. Based on historical averages, management expects 4% of the units sold will need warranty work. The estimated warranty cost per unit is $100.

Required:

Estimate (a) the number of units that will need warranty work and (b) future warranty costs. (c) Prepare the year-end adjusting entry for estimated warranty costs, assuming none of the units sold in the current year required warranty work. (d) Alternatively, prepare the year-end adjusting entry for estimated warranty costs, assuming that 25% of the estimated warranty work has already occurred by the end of the current year. How would your answers change if management’s estimate of warranty work increases to 5% of units sold and the estimated warranty cost per unit increases to $120?