Reference no: EM133030601
Problem - A company sells its product subject to a warranty that covers the cost of parts and labour for repairs during the six months after sale.
Warranty costs are estimated to be 3.5% of sales for parts, and 1.5% of sales for labour.
During the month of June, the company performed warranty work and used $8,000 worth of parts and paid $4,000 in wages for labour to do the warranty work.
Sales for June amounted to $450,000.
Required -
a) What account should be debited for the $4,000 in labour?
b) What should be the amount of estimated warranty expense for June?
c) If the Warranty Liability account had a $10,000 credit balance on May 31, what should be the account balance as of June 30?