The shareholders' equity for King Paving Inc. on June 30, 2014 (end of the company's fiscal year),

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The shareholders' equity for King Paving Inc. on June 30, 2014 (end of the company's fiscal year), follows:
Common shares, 800,000 shares authorized, 80,000 shares issued and outstanding.......$300,000
Retained earnings......................................................................................380,000
Total shareholders' equity...........................................................................$680,000
On August 8, 2014, the market price of King Paving Inc.'s common shares was $12.00 per share and the company declared a 20 percent stock dividend. King Paving Inc. issued the dividend shares on August 31, 2014.
Required
1. Journalize the declaration and distribution of the stock dividend.
2.
Prepare the shareholders' equity section of the balance sheet after the stock dividend distribution.
Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
Distribution
The word "distribution" has several meanings in the financial world, most of them pertaining to the payment of assets from a fund, account, or individual security to an investor or beneficiary. Retirement account distributions are among the most...
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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