Tuesday 19 July 2016

Jupiter Corp. provides at no extra charge a two-year

Jupiter Corp. provides at no extra charge a two-year warranty with one of its products, which was first sold in 2011. In that year, Jupiter sold products for $2.5 million and spent $63,000 servicing warranty claims. At year end, Jupiter estimates that an additional $520,000 will be spent in the future to service warranty claims related to the 2011 sales.
Prepare Jupiter’s journal entry(ies) to record the sale of the products, the $63,000 expenditure, and the December 31 adjusting entry under the expense approach.



2011
Cash, A/R, etc..................
2,500,000


     Sales—Product..............

2,500,000




2011
Warranty Expense................
63,000


     Cash, Inventory, etc.......

63,000




12/31/11
Warranty Expense................
520,000


     Estimated Liability Under
         Warranties.............


520,000