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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.

20 September 2011 Only those expenses are to be capitalized which increase the performance or the output or productivity of the asset. Extended warranty does neither of the above. ingly, it will be treated as a revenue expenditure.

Limit the Warranties It is best to avoid broad catch-all or forward-looking statements. Another way to limit the scope of the warranties is to limit them to awareness. You can do this by including statements such as ?to the Seller's best knowledge? or the ?the Seller is not aware?.

Warranties are classified in two categories: assurance- and service-type. An assurance-type warranty guarantees that the product will function as intended. This type of warranty promises to repair or replace a delivered good or service if it does not perform as expected.

A warranty expense refers to the cost that a company anticipates incurring for the replacement or repair of products customers purchase. Companies account for warranty expenses only during the established warranty period. After the warranty period expires, companies cease to incur the warranty expense.

To estimate the warranty expense for a company, we need to know three main things: Number of units sold during a particular accounting period. Percentage of the sold products that will probably need a repair or a replacement based on previous experiences. Average cost of repairing or replacing products under warranty.

The provision of warranty support, however, is not directly connected to the production of the item. This means that it cannot be included under COGS. If the service is provided under an extended warranty, its costs will be classed under cost of revenue.

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.