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Year Ended March 31 Income Before Taxes Warranty Expense for Sales Made in Year

ID: 2449972 • Letter: Y

Question

Year Ended
March 31

Income
Before Taxes

Warranty Expense
for Sales Made in

Year Ended
March 31


Sales


2013


2014


2015


Total

Bad Debts Incurred on Sales Made in

2013

2014

2015

Total

(a)

ROBERTS COMPANY
Schedule of Revised Net Income
For the Years Ended March 31, 2013, 2014, and 2015


COMPUTATIONS

SUMMARY
Increases (Decreases) in Income

2013

2014

2015

2013

2014

2015

Income before income taxes, as reported

Elimination of profit on consignments:

Billed

at 125% of cost

%

%

%

Cost

Profit error

To correct C.O.D. sale

Adjustment of warranty expense:

Sales per books

Correction for consignments

Correction for C.O.D. sale

Corrected sales

Normal warranty expense, one-half of 1%

Less costs charged to expense

Additional expense

Bad debt adjustments:

Normal bad debt expense, one-quarter of 1% of sales

Less previous write-offs

Additional expense

Adjustment for contract financing

Adjustment for commissions

Adjustment for bonus, 1% of income before taxes and bonus

You have been asked by a client to review the records of Roberts Company, a small manufacturer of precision tools and machines. Your client is interested in buying the business, and arrangements have been made for you to review the accounting records. Your examination reveals the following information.

1. Roberts Company commenced business on April 1, 2012, and has been reporting on a fiscal year ending March 31. The company has never been audited, but the annual statements prepared by the bookkeeper reflect the following income before closing and before deducting income taxes.

Year Ended
March 31

Income
Before Taxes

2013 $78,760 2014 122,540 2015 113,938
2. A relatively small number of machines have been shipped on consignment. These transactions have been recorded as ordinary sales and billed as such. On March 31 of each year, machines billed and in the hands of consignees amounted to:
2013 $7,150 2014 none 2015 6,149
Sales price was determined by adding 25% to cost. Assume that the consigned machines are sold the following year.

3. On March 30, 2014, two machines were shipped to a customer on a C.O.D. basis. The sale was not entered until April 5, 2014, when cash was received for $6,710. The machines were not included in the inventory at March 31, 2014. (Title passed on March 30, 2014.)

4. All machines are sold subject to a 5-year warranty. It is estimated that the expense ultimately to be incurred in connection with the warranty will amount to 1?2 of 1% of sales. The company has charged an expense account for warranty costs incurred.

Sales per books and warranty costs were as follows.

Warranty Expense
for Sales Made in

Year Ended
March 31


Sales


2013


2014


2015


Total

2013 $1,034,000 $836 $836 2014 1,111,000 396 $1,441 1,837 2015 1,974,500 352 1,782 $2,101 4,235
5. Bad debts have been recorded on a direct write-off basis. Experience of similar enterprises indicates that losses will approximate 1?4 of 1% of sales. Bad debts written off were:

Bad Debts Incurred on Sales Made in

2013

2014

2015

Total

2013 $825 $825 2014 880 $572 1,452 2015 385 1,980 $1,870 4,235
6. The bank deducts 6% on all contracts financed. Of this amount, 1?2% is placed in a reserve to the credit of Roberts Company that is refunded to Roberts as finance contracts are paid in full. (Thus, Roberts should have a receivable for these payments and should record revenue when the net balance is remitted each year.) The reserve established by the bank has not been reflected in the books of Roberts. The excess of credits over debits (net increase) to the reserve account with Roberts on the books of the bank for each fiscal year were as follows.
2013 $3,300 2014 4,290 2015 5,610 $13,200
7. Commissions on sales have been entered when paid. Commissions payable on March 31 of each year were as follows.
2013 $1,540 2014 990 2015 1,232
8. A review of the corporate minutes reveals the manager is entitled to a bonus of 1% of the income before deducting income taxes and the bonus. The bonuses have never been recorded or paid.

Explanation / Answer

Year Ended March 31 Income Before Taxes Warranty Expense for Sales Made in Year