Higgins Candy Company offers a coffee mug as a premium for every ten $1 candy bar wrappers presented by customers together with $2. The purchase price of each mug to the company is $2.40; in addition it costs $1.60 to mail each mug. The results of the premium plan for the years 2020 and 2021 are as follows (assume all purchases and sales are for cash):
Higgins Candy Company offers a coffee mug as a premium for every ten $1 candy bar wrappers presented by customers together with $2. The purchase price of each mug to the company is $2.40; in addition it costs $1.60 to mail each mug. The results of the premium plan for the years 2020 and 2021 are as follows (assume all purchases and sales are for cash):
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Transcribed Image Text:Higgins Candy Company offers a coffee mug as a premium for every ten $1 candy bar wrappers presented by
customers together with $2. The purchase price of each mug to the company is $2.40; in addition it costs $1.60 to mail
each mug. The results of the premium plan for the years 2020 and 2021 are as follows (assume all purchases and sales
are for cash):
Coffee mugs purchased
Candy bars sold
Wrappers redeemed
2020 wrappers expected to be redeemed in 2021
2021 wrappers expected to be redeemed in 2022
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2020
720,000
5,600,000
2.800.000
2,000,000
2021
800,000
6,750,000
4,200,000
2.700,000
(a) Prepare the general journal entries that should be made in 2020 and 2021 related to the above plan by Higgins
Candy.
(b) Indicate the account names, amounts, and classifications of the items related to the premium plan that wo
appear on the Higgins Candy Company balance sheet and income statement at the end of 2020 and 2021.
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