On April 25, 2012, Coca-Cola announced its first stock split in 16 years and only its eleventh

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On April 25, 2012, Coca-Cola announced its first stock split in 16 years and only its eleventh stock split since the stock began trading in 1919. In July the stockholders approved the two for one split, which gave each shareholder one additional share of stock for each share held on July 27, 2012. Assume the balance sheet just prior to the stock split is as follows:

Common stock, $0.25 par value; Authorized—5,600 million shares;

Issued—3,520 million shares ........... $ 880

Capital surplus ..................11,212

Reinvested earnings ................ 53,550

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ... (2,703)

Treasury stock at cost—1,257 million shares ......(31,304)

$31,635

1. Assume Coca-Cola accounts for this as a true stock split. Provide any journal entries necessary to record the split. Prepare Coca-Cola’s stockholders’ equity section immediately after the split.

2. Now assume that Coca-Cola accounts for this as a stock split effected in the form of a 100% stock dividend. Prepare any journal entries necessary to record the split. Prepare Coca-Cola’s stockholders’ equity section immediately after the split.


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Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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Introduction to Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0133251036

11th edition

Authors: Charles Horngren, Gary Sundem, John Elliott, Donna Philbrick

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