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

thelr accounts. All of Hallfax's sales are for credit $($no cash is collected at the time of sale$).$ The company began $2024$ with a refund

Ilability of $$340,000.$ During $2024,$ Hallfax sold merchandise on account for $$11,900,000.$ Hallfax's merchandise costs are $65\%$ of

merchandise selling price. Also during the year, customers returned $$580,000$ in sales for credit, with $$321,000$ of those being returns

of merchandise sold prior to $2024,$ and the rest belng 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 entrles to $($a$)$ record actual returns in $2024$ of merchandise that was sold prlor to $2024$ ; $($b$)$ record actual returns in $2024$

of merchandise that was sold during $2024$; and $($c$)$ adjust the refund llabillty to Its approprlate balance at year end.

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

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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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