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$$s sales are for credit $($no cash is collected at the time of sale$).$ The company began $2024$ with a refund liability of $$340,000.$ During $2024,$ Halifax sold merchandise on account for $$11,600,000.$ Halifax$$s merchandise costs are $75\%$ of merchandise selling price. Also, during the year, customers returned $$575,000$ in sales for credit, with $$319,000$ of those being returns or 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:

$1-$ 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.

$2-$ What is the amount of the year$-$end refund liability after the adjusting entry is recorded?

$1$a$.$ Record the actual sales returns of merchandise sold prior to $2024$

$1$b$.$ Record the cost of merchandise returned for goods sold prior to $2024.$

$1$c$.$ Record the actual sales returns of merchandise sold during $2024.$

$1$d$.$ Record the cost of merchandise returned for goods sold during $2024.$

$1$e$.$ Record the yearRecord the year$-$end adjusting entry for estimated returns.

$2.$ What is the amount of the year$-$end refund liability after the adjusting entry is recorded?