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 2021 with a refund liability of $340,000. During 2021, Halifax sold merchandise on account for $11,600,000. Halifax's merchandise costs it 75% of merchandise selling price. Also during the year, customers returned $575,000 in sales for credit, with $319,000 of those being returns of merchandise sold prior to 2021, and the rest being merchandise sold during 2021. 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 2021 of merchandise that was sold prior to 2021;

(b) record actual returns in 2021 of merchandise that was sold during 2021; 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?