Massive Corp. is authorized to issue unlimited $0.80 no-par preferred shares and unlimited no-par common shares. There

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Massive Corp. is authorized to issue unlimited $0.80 no-par preferred shares and unlimited no-par common shares. There are 15,000 preferred and 45,000 common shares outstanding. In a five-year period, annual dividends paid were $2,000, $8,000, $64,000, $10,000, and $180,000, respectively.


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Calculate the amount of dividends that would be paid to each share class for each year under the following separate cases. Where applicable, the matching dividend per common share is $1.00.
Case A Preferred shares are cumulative and nonparticipating.
Case B Preferred shares are noncumulative and nonparticipating.
Case C Preferred shares are noncumulative and fully participating. Participation is based on the relative number of shares outstanding.
Case D Preferred shares are noncumulative and partially participating up to an additional $0.80 per share. Participation is based on relative annual total base dividends.

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Intermediate Accounting Volume 2

ISBN: 9781260881240

8th Edition

Authors: Thomas H. Beechy, Joan E. Conrod, Elizabeth Farrell, Ingrid McLeod-Dick, Kayla Tomulka, Romi-Lee Sevel

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