On December 31, 2010, Bradstrom Company had 1,500,000 shares of $10 par common stock issued and outstanding.

Question:

On December 31, 2010, Bradstrom Company had 1,500,000 shares of $10 par issued and outstanding. The stockholders’ equity accounts at December 31, 2010, had the following balances.
Common Stock ......... $15,000,000
Additional Paid-in Capital .... 1,500,000
Retained Earnings ........ 900,000

Transactions during 2011 and other information related to stockholders’ equity accounts were as follows.
1. On January 10, 2011, Bradstrom issued at $105 per share 100,000 shares of $100 par value, 7% cumulative preferred stock.
2. On February 8, 2011, Bradstrom reacquired 15,000 shares of its for $16 per share.
3. On June 8, 2011, Bradstrom declared a cash of $1 per share on the outstanding, payable on July 10, 2011, to stockholders of record on July 1, 2011.
4. On December 15, 2011, Bradstrom declared the yearly cash on preferred stock, payable January 10, 2012, to stockholders of record on December 15, 2011.
5. Net income for the year is $3,600,000.
6. It was discovered that depreciation expense had been overstated in 2010 by $80,000.

Instructions
(a) Prepare a retained earnings statement for the year ended December 31, 2011.
(b) Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of Bradstrom’s at December 31, 2011.

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