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To record the liability, the company would debit warranty expense and credit accrued warranty, which is a liability on the balance sheet. The purpose of this is to record the cost of the warranty in the same period that the revenue is recognized.

Typically, purchased assets have some type of standard warranty (frequently, one year). Extended warranties (two to five years) are not included in the capitalization process. Therefore, the warranty cost should be charged to another appropriate expense account.

Under current GAAP, a warranty is accounted for as a deliverable?a concept similar to a performance obligation? only if it is a ?separately priced extended warranty? or a ?product maintenance? contract. A warranty is considered separately priced if a customer may purchase the product with or without the warranty.

To record the liability, the company would debit warranty expense and credit accrued warranty, which is a liability on the balance sheet. The purpose of this is to record the cost of the warranty in the same period that the revenue is recognized.

Accrue the warranty expense with a debit to the warranty expense account and a credit to the warranty liability account. As actual warranty claims are received, debit the warranty liability account and credit the inventory account for the cost of the replacement parts and products sent to customers.

Warranty is provided on an item to establish trust and it works as a marketing tool to attract buyers, thus making it a part and parcel of every business. Hence, warranty is the future expense of a manufacturer which he may or may not incur.

Use the following steps as a guide to account for warranty expenses: Find the total number of products sold. ... Determine the percentage of defective products. ... Calculate the number of products needing replacement. ... Evaluate the cost of product replacement. ... Estimate the total warranty expense.

The impact is only to the balance sheet. So, if a company estimates that warranty claims are going to be high, they will increase their warranty liability account by debiting warranty expense. The additional warranty expense in the income statement would reduce overall net income.