(Solved): On the back of its cereal boxes, Tiger Cereal Company offers a premium to its customers. The premium ...

On the back of its cereal boxes, Tiger Cereal Company offers a premium to its customers. The premium, a toy truck, may be claimed by sending in \( \$ 1 \) plus 10 coupons; one coupon is included in each box of cereal sold. Tiger estimates, based on past experience, that \( 60 \% \) of the coupons will be redeemed. During 2019, Tiger purchased 240,000 toy trucks at \( \$ 1.25 \) each for the premium promotion and sold 5,000,000 boxes of cereal at \( \$ 1.80 \) per box. In 2019, 2,200,000 coupons were redeemed. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entries related to the previous promotion (including sales) for 2019. 2. Show how the items related to the premium plan would be reported on the December 31, 2019, balance sheet. 3. Next Level What would be the effect on the financial statements if Tiger recorded premium expense as the coupons were redeemed?