Tesla may call warranty repairs goodwill due to lemon laundering

Re:Tesla may call warranty repairs goodwill due to lemon lau... by blablablub on Sunday July 12, 2020 @03:49PM (#23814220)

A goodwill repair is a repair on a car which is still in the warranty period, but the broken part is not covered by the warranty. - so there is nothing charged to the customer.

There is also a "goodwill" on the P&L of a company, which has nothing to to with warranties.

Some people claim now that Tesla is booking the costs of the these reapairs into the "goodwill" category on the P&L, because both have the same name.

It is about an as misleading claim as it sounds.

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Re:Tesla may call warranty repairs goodwill due to lemon lau... by perl4ever on Sunday July 12, 2020 @08:34PM (#23815945)

>Tesla is booking the costs of the these reapairs into the "goodwill" category on the P&L

I think you are incorrect. This appears to have nothing to do with accounting goodwill, and unfortunately the article doesn't make that clear.

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