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Warranty Expense Recognition While recording the event in the financial statements, the company will debit (charge) the warranty expense account and credit (accrue) a liability account when the product is sold to a client.

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Typically, purchased assets have some type of standard warranty (frequently, one year). Extended warranties (two to five years) are not included in the capitalization process. Therefore, the warranty cost should be charged to another appropriate expense account.

Accrue the warranty expense with a debit to the warranty expense account and a credit to the warranty liability account. As actual warranty claims are received, debit the warranty liability account and credit the inventory account for the cost of the replacement parts and products sent to customers.

Additionally, companies record warranty expenses as debits to warranty expense accounts and as credits to liability accounts. When replacing a product, a company would deduct from both the inventory and liability accounts, as the replacement would come from the company's product inventory.

Under current GAAP, a warranty is accounted for as a deliverable?a concept similar to a performance obligation? only if it is a ?separately priced extended warranty? or a ?product maintenance? contract. A warranty is considered separately priced if a customer may purchase the product with or without the warranty.

Accrue the warranty expense with a debit to the warranty expense account and a credit to the warranty liability account. As actual warranty claims are received, debit the warranty liability account and credit the inventory account for the cost of the replacement parts and products sent to customers.