Suppose that the U. S. government decides to charge beer consumers a tax. Before the tax, 10 billion cases of beer were sold every year at a price of $7 per case. After the tax, 5 billion cases of beer are sold every year; consumers pay $9 per case (including the tax), and producers receive $6 per case. a. The amount of the tax on a case of beer is ($) per case. Of this amount, the burden that falls on consumers is ($) per case, and the burden that falls on producers is ($) per case.
b. (True or False) The effect of the tax on the quantity sold would have been smaller if the tax had been levied on producers.

Circuittown commenced a gift card program in january 2018 and sold $12,150 of gift cards in january, $19,150 in february, and $18,100 in march of 2018 before discontinuing further gift card sales. during 2018, gift card redemptions were $7,850 for the january gift cards sold, $4,350 for the february cards, and $4,250 for the march cards. circuittown considers gift cards to be “broken” (not redeemable) 10 months after sale. required: 1. how much revenue will circuittown recognize with respect to january gift card sales during 2018? 2. prepare journal entries to record the sale of january gift cards, redemption of gift cards (ignore sales tax), and breakage (expiration) of gift cards. 3. how much revenue will circuittown recognize with respect to march gift card sales during 2018? 4. what liability for deferred revenue associated with gift card sales would circuittown show as of december 31, 2018?