On January 1, 2006, Gerlach Inc. had the following account balances in its shareholders' equity accounts Common

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On January 1, 2006, Gerlach Inc. had the following account balances in its shareholders' equity accounts

Common stock, $1 par, 250,000 shares issued ......................250,000 Paid-in capital excess of par, common ..................................500,000 Preferred stock, $100 par, 10,000 shares outstanding ........1,000,000 Paid-in capital excess of par, preferred .................................100,000 Retained earnings ...............................................................2,000,000 Treasury stock, at cost, 5,000 shares .......................................25,000

1. During 2006, Gerlach Inc. had several transactions relating to common stock.

January 15: Declared a property dividend of 100,000 shares of Slow Company, which were previously held by Fast Company as an investment on its books. (Book value, $10 per share, market value $9 per share).

2. February 17: Distributed the property dividend (from Jan 15) to the stockholders.

3. April 10: A 2i for 1 stock split was declared on outstanding common stock and affected in the form of a stock dividend. The market value of the stock was $4 on this date

4. July 18: Declared and distributed a 3% stock dividend on outstanding common stock of Fast when the market value per share was $5.

5. December 1: Declared fifty cents per share cash dividend on the outstanding common shares.

6. December 20: Paid the cash dividend.


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: 978-0132889711

1st Canadian Edition

Authors: Jeffrey Waybright, Liang Hsuan Chen, Rhonda Pyper

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