In: Accounting
Analyzing and Determining the Amount of a Liability
For each of the following situations, indicate the liability amount, if any, which is reported on the balance sheet of Hirst, Inc., at December 31, 2018.
a. Hirst owes $110,000 at year-end 2018 for its inventory purchases. | |
b. Hirst agreed to purchase a $28,000 drill press in January 2019. | |
c. During November and December of 2018, Hirst sold products to a firm with a 90-day warranty | |
against product failure. Estimated 2019 costs of honoring this warranty are $2,200. | |
d. Hirst provides a profit-sharing bonus for its executives equal to 5% of its reported pretax annual income. | |
The estimated pretax income for 2018 is $600,000. Bonuses are not paid until January of the following year. |
Subject: Financial Accounting
*Any doubt please comment
Amount to be reported | |||
a | Hirst owes $110,000 at year-end 2018 for its inventory purchases. | $110,000 | [ Is reported as current liability since the same against purchase of inventory] |
b | Hirst agreed to purchase a $28,000 drill press in January 2019. | 0 | [No liability is reported since the company did not receive the machine or has paid any amount for the purchase] |
c |
During November and December of 2018,
Hirst sold products to a firm with a 90-day warranty against product failure. Estimated 2019 costs of honoring this warranty are $2,200. |
2200 | [ This the warranty expense expected to be incurred next year hence is a current liability] |
d | Hirst provides a profit-sharing bonus for its executives equal to 5% of its reported pretax annual income. The estimated pretax income for 2018 is $600,000. Bonuses are not paid until January of the following year. | 30000 | [ Current liability of unpaid bonus = 600,000*5%= 30,000] |