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Windy introduces a new compact music player that carries a two-year warranty against manufacturer's defects. Based on industry experience with similar product introductions, warranty costs are expected to be approximately 1% of sales. By the end of the first year of selling the product, total sales are $30.8 million, and actual warranty expenditures are $280,000. Record the adjusting entry for the remaining expected future warranty costs as of December 31, the end of the reporting period. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in dollars, not millions. For example, $5.5 million should be entered as 5,500,000.)

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Windy introduces a new compact music player that carries a two-year warranty against manufacturer's defects. Based on industry experience with similar product introductions, warranty costs are expected to be approximately 1% of sales. By the end of the first year of selling the product, total sales are 30.8million,andactualwarrantyexpendituresare30.8 million, and actual warranty expenditures are 280,000. Record the adjusting entry for the remaining expected future warranty costs as of December 31, the end of the reporting period. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in dollars, not millions. For example, $5.5 million should be entered as 5,500,000.)

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To record the adjusting entry for the remaining expected future warranty costs, we first need to calculate the total expected warranty costs based on the sales.

  1. Calculate the total expected warranty costs: 1% of 30.8million=30.8 million = 308,000.

  2. Subtract the actual warranty expenditures from the total expected warranty costs: 308,000308,000 - 280,000 = $28,000.

  3. Record the adjusting entry:

    Debit Warranty Expense: 28,000CreditWarrantyLiability:28,000 Credit Warranty Liability: 28,000

This entry recognizes the remaining expected future warranty costs as of December 31. The Warranty Expense account is debited to record the expense, and the Warranty Liability account is credited to recognize the company's liability for future warranty claims.

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