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WARRANTY PROVISIONS
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]  
Product Warranty Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE 13 – WARRANTY PROVISIONS
 
A return program for defective goods is negotiated with each of our wholesale customers on a year-to-year basis. Customers are either allowed to return defective goods within a specified period of time after shipment (between 6 and 9 months) or granted a “defective allowance” consisting of a fixed percentage (between 1% and 5%) off of the invoice price in lieu of returning defective products. The Company records liabilities for its return goods programs and defective goods allowance program at the time of sale for the estimated costs that may be incurred. The liability for defective goods is included in warranty provisions on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
Changes in the Company’s warranty provision are presented in the following table:
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
Estimated warranty liabilities at beginning of period
 
$
627,531
 
$
528,031
 
$
197,873
 
$
235,172
 
Costs accrued for new estimated returns and allowances
 
 
562,398
 
 
488,477
 
 
1,200,305
 
 
985,278
 
Return and allowance obligations honored
 
 
(128,075)
 
 
(269,298)
 
 
(336,324)
 
 
(473,240)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Estimated warranty liabilities at end of period
 
$
1,061,854
 
$
747,210
 
$
1,061,854
 
$
747,210