Accounting 108
Accounting 108
Accounting 108
MIDTERM (Problem)
PROVISION
Contingent Liability
1. Toyo company owns a car dealership that it uses for servicing cars under warranty.
In preparing the financial statements, the entity needs to ascertain the provision for
warranty that it would be required to provide at the end of the year.
The cost of rectifying normal defect in a car is P10,000. The cost of rectifying a
significant defect in a car is P30,000.
What is the expected value of the warranty provision for the current year?
a. 3,500,000
b. 1,750,000
c. 1,000,000
d. 4,000,000
2. Chato Company sells electrical goods covered by a one-year warranty for any defects.
Of the sales of P70,000,000 for the year, the entity estimated that 3% will have major
defect, 5% will have minor defect and 92% will have no defect.
The cost of repairs would be P5,000,000 if all the products sold had major defect and
P3,000,000 if all had minor defect.
3. During 2020, Thor Company was sued by a competitor for P5,000,000 for infringement
of a trademark.
Based on the advice of the entity’s legal counsel, the entity accrued the sum of
P3,000,000 as a provision in the financial statement for the year ended December 31,
2020.
Subsequent to the end of the reporting period, on Febuary 15, 2021, the Supreme Court
decided in favor of the party alleging infringement of the trademark and ordered the
defendant to pay the aggrieved party a sum of P3,500,000.
The financial statements were prepared by the entity’s management on January 31, 2021,
and approved by the board of directors on Febuary 20, 2021.
What amount of provision should have been accrued on December 31, 2020?
a. 5,000,000
b. 3,000,000
c. 3,500,000
d. 0