On January $1,2022,$ Oriole Corporation had the following stockholders' equity accounts.

Common Stock $($ $$26$ par value, $52,500$ shares issued and outstanding$)$ $$1,365,000$

Paid$-$in Capital in Excess of Par$-$Common Stock

$191,000$

Retained Earnings

$579,000$

During the year, the following transactions occurred.

Feb. $1$ Declared a $$2$ cash dividend per share to stockholders of record on February $15,$ payable March $1.$

Mar. $1$ Paid the dividend declared in February.

Apr. $1$ Announced a $2-$for$-1$ stock split. Prior to the split, the market price per share was $$39.$

July $1$ Declared a $10\%$ stock dividend to stockholders of record on July $15,$ distributable July $31.$ On July $1,$ the market price of the stock was $$15$ per share.

$31$ Issued the shares for the stock dividend.

Dec. $1$ Declared a $$0\mathrm{.}40$ per share dividend to stockholders of record on December $15,$ payable January $5,2023.$

$31$ Determined that net income for the year was $$357,500.$

$($a$)$

Your answer is partially correct.

Journalize the transactions and the closing entries for net income and dividends. $($Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select $"$No Entry" for the account titles and enter $0$ for the amounts. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem.$)$

B$.$ Enter the beginning balances, and post the entries to the stockholders' equity accounts. $($Note: Open additional stockholders' equity accounts as needed.$)$

C$.$ Prepare a stockholders' equity section at December $31.$