Question: A- Mobile Wireless needed additional capital to expand, so the business incorporated. The charter from the state of Georgia authorizes A- Mobile to issue 70,000
A- Mobile Wireless needed additional capital to expand, so the business incorporated. The charter from the state of Georgia authorizes A- Mobile to issue 70,000 shares of 8%, $50 per value cumulative preferred stock and 180,000 shares of $3 par value common stock. During the first month, A- Mobile completed the folowing transactions:
| Oct | 2 | Issued 19,000 shares of common stock for a building with a market value of $140,000 |
| 6 | Issued 700 shares of preferred stock for $80 per share. | |
| 9 | Issued 17,000 shares of common stock for cash of $102,000 | |
| 10 | Declared a $17,000 cash dividend for stockholders of record on Oct. 20. Use a separete Dividends Payable account for preferred and common stock. | |
| 25 | Paid the cash dividend. |
Requirements:
1, Record the transactions in the general journal.
2. Prepare the stockholders' equity section of A- Mobile's balance sheet at October 31, 2016. Assume A- Mobile's net income for the month was $92,000.
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