The Salty Chip Company includes one coupon having no expiration date with its deluxe snack pack. Upon return of 10 coupons, Salty Chip will send a silver chip dip, which costs Salty Chip $1.50 each. Past experience indicates that 30% of coupons issued will be redeemed. Salty Chip began this promotion in 2015 and sold 1,000,000 deluxe snack packs. During 2015, 90,000 coupons were received and 9,000 chip cips were distributed to customers. The December 31, 2015 balance sheet should include a liability for coupons outstanding of: . a. $180,000
b. $31,500
c. $18,000
d. $50,000

Ida sidha karya company is a family-owned company located on the island of bali in indonesia. the company produces a handcrafted balinese musical instrument called a gamelan that is similar to a xylophone. the gamelans are sold for $860. selected data for the company’s operations last year follow: units in beginning inventory 0 units produced 320 units sold 285 units in ending inventory 35 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 135 direct labor $ 355 variable manufacturing overhead $ 30 variable selling and administrative $ 15 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 64,000 fixed selling and administrative $ 27,000 the absorption costing income statement prepared by the company’s accountant for last year appears below: sales $ 245,100 cost of goods sold 205,200 gross margin 39,900 selling and administrative expense 31,275 net operating income $ 8,625 required: 1. under absorption costing, how much fixed manufacturing overhead cost is included in the company's inventory at the end of last year? 2. prepare an income statement for last year using variable costing. what is the amount of the difference in net operating income between the two costing methods?