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Dividends and Stockholders’ Equity Section

Situation:

Elizabeth Company reported the following amounts in the stockholders’ equity section of its                                                            

December 31, 2012, balance sheet.                                                        

Preferred stock, 8%, $100 par (10,000 shares authorized, 2,000 shares issued)


$200,000 

Common stock, $5 par (100,000 shares authorized, 20,000 shares issued)


$100,000 

Additional paid-in capital


$125,000 

Retained earnings


$450,000 

Total


$875,000 


During 2013, Elizabeth took part in the following transactions concerning stockholders’ equity.

Paid the annual 2012 $8 per share dividend on preferred stock and a $2 per share dividend common stock. These dividends had been declared on December 31, 2012.

Purchased 2,700 shares of its own outstanding common stock for $40 per share. Elizabeth uses the cost method.

Reissued 700 treasury for land valued at $30,000.

Issued 500 shares of preferred stock at $105 per share.

Declared a 10% stock dividend on the outstanding common stock when the stock is selling for $45 per share.

Issued the stock dividend.

Declared the annual 2013 $8 per share dividend on preferred stock and the $2 per share dividend on common stock. These dividends are payable in 2014.


Instruction:

(a) Prepare journal entries to record the transactions describe above. Please show work.

(b). prepare the december 31, 2013 stockholders equity section. assume 2013 net income was $330,000

Common Stock
Common stock is an equity component that represents the worth of stock owned by the shareholders of the company. The common stock represents the par value of the shares outstanding at a balance sheet date. Public companies can trade their stocks on...
Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Income Tax Fundamentals 2013

ISBN: 9781285586618

31st Edition

Authors: Gerald E. Whittenburg, Martha Altus Buller, Steven L Gill

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