Top Sound International designs and sells high-end stereo equipment for auto and home use. Engineers notified management in December 2024 of a circuit flaw in an amplifier that poses a potential fire hazard. Further investigation indicates that a product recall is probable, estimated to cost the company $2.6 million. The fiscal year ends on December 31.  Required: 1. Should this contingent liability be reported, disclosed in a note only, or neither? 2. What loss, if any, should Top Sound report in its 2024 income statement? 3. What liability, if any, should Top Sound report in its 2024 balance sheet? 4. What entry, if any, should be recorded? 1. Should this

Sound Audio manufactures and sells audio equipment for automobiles. Engineers notified management in December 2024 of a circuit flaw in an amplifier that poses a potential fire hazard. An intense investigation indicated that a product recall is virtually certain, estimated to cost the company $2 million. The fiscal year ends on December 31. Required: Should this loss contingency be accrued, only disclosed, or neither? What loss, if any, should Sound Audio report in its 2024 income statement? What liability, if any, should Sound Audio report in its 2024 balance sheet? Prepare any journal entry needed.

The Laura Company has the following errors on its books as of December 31, 2020. The books for 2020 have not yet been closed. a. In 2020, fully depreciated equipment (with no residual value) that originally cost $8,000 was sold for $700 as scrap. The company credited the $700 proceeds to Equipment. b. On January 1, 2019, the company recorded the purchase of equipment in exchange for a three-year, noninterest-bearing note payable in the amount of $10,000. Interest rates were then 8%, but no recognition was made of this fact. The present value of $1 at 8% for three periods is 0.7938. (Ignore depreciation.)   Required:   Prepare journal entries to correct these errors at December 31, 2020. Ignore income taxes.

Pitchfork Company is being sued by a competitor in a lawsuit alleging patent infringement. Pitchfork's lawyers state that it is possible Pitchfork will lose the suit and be found liable for a judgment costing anywhere from $1,800,000 to $9,000,000. However, the lawyers state that no one estimate is more likely. As a result of the above information, Pitchforks should report: a contingent liability in the amount of $5,400,000, representing the average amount within the range of damages, on its Balance Sheet and disclose an additional contingency of up to $3,600,000 in the notes to the Balance Sheet. a contingent liability in the amount of $1,800,000 on its Balance Sheet and disclose an additional contingency of up to $7,200,000 in the notes to the Balance Sheet. a contingent liability in the amount of $5,400,000 on its Balance Sheet, but not disclose any additional contingency. O a possible contingency of between $1,800,000 and $9,000,000 only in the notes of the 10K.

As a standard practice, the company does not recognize a provision for a guarantee of good operation of the products sold. Based on past statistics, the cost of repairing damage of products sold in the fiscal year amounts to € 500 while the cost of repairing damaged products sold in previous years amounts to € 600. If the balance sheet net worth is 5000, what will be the actual net worth at the end of the fiscal year?

You are auditing the December 31, 2020, financial statements of Hockney, Inc., manufacturer of novelties and party favors. During your inspection of the company garage, you discovered that a used automobile not listed in the equipment subsidiary ledger is parked there. You ask Stacy Reeder, plant manager, about the vehicle, and she tells you that the company did not list the automobile because the company was only leasing it and elected to use the short-term lease accounting option for the lease. The lease agreement was entered into on January 1, 2020, with Crown New and Used Cars. You decide to review the lease agreement to ensure that the lease should be afforded short-term lease treatment, and you discover the following lease terms. 1. Non-cancelable term of 2 years. 2. Rental of $3,240 per year (at the end of each year). (The present value at 8% per year is $5,778.) 3. Expected residual value after 2 years is $500. (The present value at 8% per year is $429.) Hockney guarantees the…

In 2025, Culver determined that a competitor's product would make the New Age Piano obsolete and the patent worthless by December 31, 2026. Prepare all journal entries required in 2025 and 2026. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. List debit entry before credit entry.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit

15. GINGERBREAD Company is involved in a litigation regarding a faulty product sold in a prior year. The entity has consulted with lawyer and determined that there is a 50% chance of losing. The lawyer estimated that the amount of any payment would be between ₱500,000 to ₱800,000 with ₱500,000 as the best estimate. What is the required journal entry as a result of this litigation?

Do you want to make a double entry? On November 7, 2021, a fire broke out at the store, destroying merchandise worth $12,000. The insurance company has declared that it will only pay out the first $3,000 of the claim under the provisions of the contract. There haven't been any entries made yet to document this.

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