Halifax Manufacturing allows its customers to return merchandise for any reason up to $90$ days after delivery and

receive a credit to their accounts. All of Halifax's sales are for credit $($no cash is collected at the time of sale$).$ The

company began $2024$ with a refund liability of $$440,000.$ During $2024,$ Halifax sold merchandise on account for

$$12,900,000.$ Halifax's merchandise costs are $65\%$ of merchandise selling price. Also during the year, customers

returned $$630,000$ in sales for credit, with $$347,000$ of those being returns of merchandise sold prior to $2024,$ and the

rest being merchandise sold during $2024.$ Sales returns, estimated to be $5\%$ of sales, are recorded as an adjusting

entry at the end of the year.

Required:

Prepare entries to $($a$)$ record actual returns in $2024$ of merchandise that was sold prior to $2024$; $($b$)$ record actual

returns in $2024$ of merchandise that was sold during $2024$; and $($c$)$ adjust the refund liability to its appropriate

balance at year end.

What is the amount of the year$-$end refund liability after the adjusting entry is recorded?

Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.

Prepare entries to $($a$)$ record actual returns in $2024$ of merchandise that was sold prior to $2024$;

$($b$)$ record actual returns in $2024$ of merchandise that was sold during $2024$; and $($c$)$ adjust the

refund liability to its appropriate balance at year end.

Note: If no entry is required for a transaction$/$event$,$ select $"$No journal entry required" in the first

account field.

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