Excursion Publishing was recently organized. The company issued common stock to an attorney who provided legal services

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Excursion Publishing was recently organized. The company issued common stock to an attorney who provided legal services worth $20,000 to help organize the corporation. Excursion also issued common stock to an inventor in exchange for his patent with a market value of $81,000. In addition, Excursion received cash both for the issuance of 8,000 shares of its preferred stock at $70 per share and for the issuance of 16,000 of its common shares at $6 per share. During the first year of operations, Excursion earned net income of $70,000 and declared a cash dividend of $26,000. Without making journal entries, determine the total paid-in capital created by these transactions.

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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Financial accounting

ISBN: 978-0132751124

9th edition

Authors: Walter T. Harrison Jr., Charles T. Horngren, C. William Thom

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