Question: Bramble Ltd reported Long - Term Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity in its December 3 1 , 2 0 2 4 Balance Sheet as follows: Long

Bramble Ltd reported Long-Term Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity in its December 31,2024 Balance Sheet as follows:
Long Term Liabilities:
Bonds Payable
$2,000,000
6% interest, convertible to 40 common shares ??$1,000 bond
Bonds Payable
$5,400,000
9% interest, convertible to 40 common shares ??$1,000 bond
Shareholders' Equity:
Class A Preferred shares
no par value, $3 dividend, cumulative,
each preferred share convertible into 8 common shares, 250,000 authorized, issued and outstanding
$2,000,000
Class B Common shares
No-par, 2,700,000 authorized, issued and outstanding
$5,400,000
All of the above reported bonds payable, preferred shares and common shares were outstanding throughout fiscal 2024. No transactions involving the bonds payable, preferred shares or common shares occurred during fiscal 2024, except for interest on the bonds payable. The bonds payabl were all issued and sold at par. Preferred dividends had not been declared in fiscal 2023.
Bramble also had Class B common stock written call options to purchase 90,000 common shares at $5.00 per share outstanding throughout fiscal 2024. No stock options were exercised during fiscal 2024.
The fair market value of Bramble's common shares was $9.00 per share throughout fiscal 2024. Bramble's income tax rate is 15%.
The weighted average of common shares outstanding for 2024 was 2,700,000, and Bramble earned net income of $4,530,000.
(a)
Calculate the income effect of the dividends on the preferred shares.
Dividends on preferred shares
$
 Bramble Ltd reported Long-Term Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity in its December

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