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Warranty expense is an expense related to the repair, replacement, or compensation to a user for any product defects. In other words, a vendor or manufacturer is committed to repair or replace a sold product during a certain time period if it breaks or does not function properly ing to the terms of the warranty.

There is no standard way to estimate total warranty expense, so management should either use historical data to derive the figure or use a defensible method to deriving an estimate. As the visual below illustrates, warranty expense is recorded by debiting warranty expense and crediting accrued warranty.

Warranty Statement means any written statement provided by Seller to the purchasers of products manufactured by Seller, setting forth warranties, guaranties, rights of return, rights of credit or other indemnities issued in respect of such manufactured products.

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.

This revenue is not earned until the earning process is substantially complete in the future. Thus, the $50 received for the extended or separate warranty is initially recorded as ?unearned revenue.? This balance is a liability because the company owes a specified service to the customer.

Warranty expense is an expense related to the repair, replacement, or compensation to a user for any product defects. In other words, a vendor or manufacturer is committed to repair or replace a sold product during a certain time period if it breaks or does not function properly ing to the terms of the warranty.

Cost of goods sold (COGS) refers to the direct costs of producing the goods sold by a company. This amount includes the cost of the materials and labor directly used to create the good. It excludes indirect expenses, such as distribution costs and sales force costs.