Tony's Lawn Equipment sells high-quality lawn mowers and offers a 3-year warranty on all new lawn mowers sold. In 2025, Tony sold $282,900 of new specialty mowers for golf greens for which Tony's service department does not have the equipment to do the service. Tony has entered into an agreement with Mower Mavens to provide all warranty service on the special mowers sold in 2025. Tony wishes to measure the fair value of the agreement to determine the warranty liability for sales made in 2025. The controller for Tony's Lawn Equipment estimates the following expected warranty cash outflows associated with the mowers sold in 2025. Year 2026 2027 2028 Cash Flow Estimate $2,440 3,930 5,460 $2,900 5,440 5,560 $3,980 5,860 6,510 Probability Assessment 20% 60% 20% 30% 50% 20% 30% 40% 30%
Tony's Lawn Equipment sells high-quality lawn mowers and offers a 3-year warranty on all new lawn mowers sold. In 2025, Tony sold $282,900 of new specialty mowers for golf greens for which Tony's service department does not have the equipment to do the service. Tony has entered into an agreement with Mower Mavens to provide all warranty service on the special mowers sold in 2025. Tony wishes to measure the fair value of the agreement to determine the warranty liability for sales made in 2025. The controller for Tony's Lawn Equipment estimates the following expected warranty cash outflows associated with the mowers sold in 2025. Year 2026 2027 2028 Cash Flow Estimate $2,440 3,930 5,460 $2,900 5,440 5,560 $3,980 5,860 6,510 Probability Assessment 20% 60% 20% 30% 50% 20% 30% 40% 30%
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Tony's Lawn Equipment sells high-quality lawn mowers and offers a 3-year warranty on all new lawn mowers sold. In 2025, Tony sold
$282,900 of new specialty mowers for golf greens for which Tony's service department does not have the equipment to do the service.
Tony has entered into an agreement with Mower Mavens to provide all warranty service on the special mowers sold in 2025. Tony
wishes to measure the fair value of the agreement to determine the warranty liability for sales made in 2025. The controller for Tony's
Lawn Equipment estimates the following expected warranty cash outflows associated with the mowers sold in 2025.
Year
2026
2027
2028
Cash Flow
Estimate
$2,440
3,930
5,460
$2,900
5,440
5,560
$3,980
5,860
6,510
Probability
Assessment
20%
60%
20%
30%
50%
20%
30%
40%
30%
Click here to view factor tables.
Using expected cash flow and present value techniques, determine the value of the warranty liability for the 2025 sales. Use an annual
discount rate of 4%. Assume all cash flows occur at the end of the year. (Round factor values to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and final
answer to O decimal places, e.g. 458,581.)
The value of the warranty liability for the 2025 sales
$
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Tony's Lawn Equipment sells high-quality lawn mowers and offers a 3-year warranty on all new lawn mowers sold. In 2025, Tony sold
$282,900 of new specialty mowers for golf greens for which Tony's service department does not have the equipment to do the service.
Tony has entered into an agreement with Mower Mavens to provide all warranty service on the special mowers sold in 2025. Tony
wishes to measure the fair value of the agreement to determine the warranty liability for sales made in 2025. The controller for Tony's
Lawn Equipment estimates the following expected warranty cash outflows associated with the mowers sold in 2025.
Year
2026
2027
2028
Cash Flow
Estimate
$2,440
3,930
5,460
$2,900
5,440
5,560
$3,980
5,860
6,510
Probability
Assessment
20%
60%
20%
30%
50%
20%
30%
40%
30%
Click here to view factor tables.
Using expected cash flow and present value techniques, determine the value of the warranty liability for the 2025 sales. Use an annual
discount rate of 4%. Assume all cash flows occur at the end of the year. (Round factor values to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and final
answer to O decimal places, e.g. 458,581.)
The value of the warranty liability for the 2025 sales
$
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