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SU SUw supporting computations. Points will be deducted if you do not show your WUERE 1. Beginning on January 1, 2019 a company elected to give each of its 50 employees (assume they were all employed continuously through 2019 and 2020) 10 days of vacation a year if they are employed at the end of the year. The vacation accumulates and may be taken starting January 1 of the next year. All unused days at the end of one year carry over to the next year. The employees work 8 hours per day. In 2019, they made $14.50 per hour and in 2020, they made $15 per hour. During 2020, they cach took 8 days of vacation. The company's policy is to record the liability existing at the end of each year at the wage rate for that current year. What amount of vacation liability would be reflected on the 2019 and 2020 balance sheets, respectively? 2019 2020 2. A company offers a cash rebate of Sl on each S8 package of batteries sold. Historically, 10% of customers submit the rebate form. During the current year, 3,700,000 packages of batteries are sold, and 135,000 S1 rebates are redeemed by customers. What is the rebate expense and liability, respectively, shown on the current year financial statements dated December 312 Expense Liability 3. During 2018, Van Pelt Co. introduced a new line of machines that carry a four-year, assurance-type warranty against manufacturer's defects. Based on industry experience, warranty costs are estimated at 5% of sales, Sales and actual warranty expenditures for the first three-year period were as follows: Sales Actual Warranty Expenditures 2018 $ 500,000 $ 4,000 2019 1,500,000 39,000 2020 2.100.000 96,000 $4,100,000 $139,000 What amount should Vanpelt report as a liability at December 31, 2020?

Answer 1

Year	No of employees	Vacation b/f in days	Vacation entitled in days	Vacation availed in days	Vacation c/f in days	Hourly Rate	Clsoing liability
2019	50	0	500	0	500	14.5	58000
			(50 emp x 10 days)			(500 days x 8 hr/day x 14.5
2020	50	500	500	400	600	15	72000
			(50 emp x 10 days)	(50 emp x 8 days)			(600 days x 8 hr/day x 15)
Ans	2019	58000
	2020	72000

1	Packages Sold	3700000
2	Estmated Rebate package	370000	= (1) x 10%
3	Rebate per package	$1
4	Rebate Expense	$370000	= (2) x (3)
5	Rebate already redeemed in current year	$135000
6	Rebate Liability	$235000	= (4) - (5)
Ans	Rebate Expense	$370000
	Rebate Liability	$235000

Year	Sales	Warranty Costs 5% of sales	Actual Warranty Expenditure	Warranty Liability for the year	Warranty Liability Cumulative balance
2018	500000	25000	4000	21000	21000
2019	1500000	75000	39000	36000	57000
2020	2100000	105000	96000	9000	66000
	4100000	205000	139000	66000
Ans	Warranty Liability at Dec 31, 2020	$66000