Novak Corp. offers a set of building blocks to customers who send in 3 codes from Novak cereal, along with $1.00. Novak purchased99,100 building block sets in 2020 for $2.50 each, and paid for them by cash. During 2020, Novak sold 991,000 boxes of cereal for $4per box. Novak estimates that 10% of the sales amount received from customers relates to the building block sets to be awarded.Novak expects 30% of the codes to be sent in, and in 2020, 237,840 codes were redeemed. Prepare all necessary journal entries for 2020 if Novak follows ASPE and prefers to use the expense approach. (Round answers to 0decimal places, e.g. 5,275. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entryis required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts.)Account Titles and ExplanationDebitCreditInventory of Premiums247750Cash247750(To record cash purchase of premiums)Cash3964000Sales Revenue3964000(To record cash sales)Cash79280Premium Expense118920Inventory of Premiums198200(To record redemption of codes)Premium ExpenseEstimated Liability for Premiums(To record premium expense)

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