P13-9 Premium Entries and Financial Statement Presentation
Sycamore Candy Company offers a CD single as a premium for every five candy bar wrappers presented by customers together with $3.20. The candy bars are sold by the company to distributors for 30 cents each. The purchase price of each CD to the company is $2.95; in addition it costs 50 cents to mail each CD. The results of the premium plan for the years 2012 and 2013 are as follows. (All purchases and
2012 |
2013 |
|
CDs purchased |
392,500 |
518,100 |
Candy bars sold |
2,940,100 |
2,817,700 |
Wrappers redeemed |
1,884,000 |
2,355,000 |
2012 wrappers expected to be redeemed in 2013 |
455,300 |
|
2013 wrappers expected to be redeemed in 2014 |
549,500 |
Instructions
(a) Prepare the journal entries that should be made in 2012 and 2013 to record the transactions related to the premium plan of the Sycamore Candy Company. (If no entry is required, select “No Entry” for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
(b) Indicate the account names, amounts, and classifications of the items related to the premium plan that would appear on the balance sheet and the income statement at the end of 2012 and 2013.