RESERVE FOR SALES RETURNS

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Reserve For Sales Returns

RESERVE FOR SALES RETURNS

NOTE 18 – RESERVE FOR SALES RETURNS

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 invoice price in lieu of returning defective products. The Company does make exceptions to this return policy and accordingly records a sales return reserve based on historic return amounts, specific exceptions as identified and management estimates.

The Company records a sales reserve for its return goods programs at the time of sale for estimated sales returns that may occur. The liability for defective goods is included in the reserve for sales returns on the consolidated balance sheets.

Changes in the Company’s reserve for sales returns are presented in the following table:

	Fiscal Year Ended
	March 31, 2023			March 31, 2022
Reserve for sales returns at beginning of the fiscal year	$	990,000		$	960,000
Provision for estimated sales returns		5,147,000			3,643,000
Sales returns received		(5,237,000	)		(3,613,000	)
Reserve for sales returns at end of the year	$	900,000		$	990,000