Elizabeth Company reported the following amounts in the stockholders' equity section of its December 31, 2010, balance

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Elizabeth Company reported the following amounts in the stockholders' equity section of its December 31, 2010, balance sheet. During 2011, Elizabeth took part in the following transactions concerning stockholders' equity.

1. Paid the annual 2010 $8 per share dividend on preferred stock and a $2 per share dividend on common stock. These dividends had been declared on December 31, 2010.

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

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

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

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

6. Issued the stock dividend.

7. Declared the annual 2011 $8 per share dividend on preferred stock and the $2 per share dividend on common stock. These dividends are payable in 2012.

(a) Prepare journal entries to record the transactions described above.

(b) Prepare the December 31, 2011, stockholders' equity section. Assume 2011 net income was $330,000.

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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-0470423684

13th Edition

Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, And Terry D. Warfield

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