Answer:D. Increasing the allowance for sales returns by an amount that is less than the actual returns recognized for the period may indicate either the company is attempting to increase profit for the period or its estimates that less of its products will be returned in the future.
Explanation:Sale returns is a term used in Financial accounting to mean the adjustments made to the sales due to the actual return of a mechandise by a customer who has made purchase of that mechandise previously.
SALES RETURNS ARE USUALLY RECORDED IN THE "SALES RETURN AND ALLOWANCE" RECORDED IN THE INCOME STATEMENT AS A DEDUCTION.
For a successful sales return to be achieved,it must be accompanied with actual product or mechandise return and refund.