Question

Listed below are selected events transactions relating to Metlock, Inc. for the current year ending December 31. Metlock manufactures laptop computers for sale in its own stores and for sale by other retailers. 1. On December 1, Metlock accepted an order from a new customer, Sweet Acacia Computers. Sweet Acacia has a questionable credit history, so Metlock requires a $8,000 deposit from Sweet Acacia in order to begin production on its order. 2. During December, cash sales at Metlock's retail locations totaled $3,317,000, which includes the 7% sales tax Metlock must remit to the state by the fifteenth day of the following month. 3. During the year, Metlock was sued by a competitor for a patent violation. The competitor is claiming that Metlock's liability is $2,000,000. Metlock's attorneys have advised it that it is probable that the court will find for the company's competitor. The attorneys estimate that the liability under the suit could be as little as $80,000 or as much as $400,000. The attorneys do not believe any amount within this range is a better estimate of Metlock's liability than any other amount within the range, Metlock provides one-year warranties on the laptops it sells. During the year, Metlock's laptop sales totaled $80,000,000. Historically, Metlock's warranty liability has been one percent of total sales. Metiock began the year with a warranty liability balance of $640,000. Warranty expenditures during the year were $620,000 for computers sold in prior years and $192,000 for computers sold during the year. These expenditures were recorded as credits to cash and debits to the warranty liability account. Any remaining warranty liability is expected to relate to computers sold during the current year. Prepare all the journal entries necessary to record the transactions noted above as they occurred and any adjusting journal entries relative to the transactions that would be required to present fair financial statements at December 31. For Simplicity, assume that adjusting entries are recorded only once a year on December 31. (If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually)

Answer 1

Journal entries
Date	Account Description	Debit	Credit
1st Dec	Cash	$8,000
	To Deposit from Sweet Acacia	$8,000
	(Deposit accepted)
Dec	Cash	$3,317,000
	To Sales		$3,100,000.00		(3317000/107*100)
	To Sales Tax payable	$217,000.00		(3317000/107*7)
	(Cash sales recorded and sales tax due)
Dec	Profit/ Loss	0
	Provision for suit damages	0
	(Noentry)
Dec	Profit/Loss	$800,000
	Warranty Liablity		$800,000		(1% * 80000000)
	(warranty provision for current year created)
Dec	Warranty Liabilty	812000
	To cash		812000		(620000+192000)
	(Warranty expenditures)