Cableserve Inc. has the following outstanding shares: 15,000 shares, $5.40 cumulative preferred 35,000 shares, common During 2020,

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Cableserve Inc. has the following outstanding shares:

15,000 shares, $5.40 cumulative preferred
35,000 shares, common


During 2020, the company declared and paid $180,000 in dividends. Dividends were in arrears for the previous year (2019) only. No new shares have been issued since the first year of operations.


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1. What was the total amount paid to the preferred shareholders as dividends in 2020?

2. What was the total amount paid to the common shareholders as dividends in 2020?

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Fundamental Accounting Principles Volume II

ISBN: 978-1260305838

16th Canadian edition

Authors: Kermit Larson, Tilly Jensen, Heidi Dieckmann

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