of the following statements pertain to dividends. Which of them is (are) true? a. Shareholders vote each year to declare and set the amount of the dividends to be paid. b. Dividends Payable is a current liability in the statement of financial position of the corporation. c. A 10% dividend on preference share capital means that each shareholder receives a cash dividend equal to 10% of the market value of the stock. d. All of these statements are true.

The charter of a corporation provides for the issuance of 118,000 shares of common stock. Assume that 44,000 shares were originally issued and 3,100 were subsequently reacquired. What is the amount of cash dividends to be paid if a $1-per-share dividend is declared? a.$44,000 b.$118,000 c.$40,900 d.$3,100

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Calgate Company had the following shares outstanding and retained earnings at the end of the current year: Preferred shares, 4% (par value $15; outstanding, 10,300 shares) Common shares (outstanding, 33,000 shares) Retained earnings The board of directors is considering the distribution of a cash dividend to both groups of shareholders. No dividends were declared during the previous two years. Three independent cases are assumed: Case A: The preferred shares are non-cumulative; the total amount of dividends is $51,600. Case B: The preferred shares are cumulative; the total amount of dividends is $63,000. Case C: Same as case B, except the amount is $97,500. Required: 1. Compute the amount of dividends, in total and per share, that would be payable to each class of shareholders for each case. (Round "Per share" to 2 decimal places.) Case A: Total Per share Case B: Total Per share $ 154,500 615,000 296,000 Case C: Total Per share Preferred Shares Common Shares

The board of durectors declared a $2 per share cash dividend on common stock and the corporation had 5,000 shares authorized and 4,000 shares outstanding.  The journal entry for the dividend declaration would be:

Project 1: Stockholders' Equity (10 points) Required: Answer the questions on the following page in Excel and upload your file to Moodle by the deadline specified by your Shown below is the stockholders' equity section of Holiday Travels' balance sheet at December 31, 2022: Common stock, $2 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, 370,000 shares issued and outstanding Additional paid-in capital Retained earnings Total stockholders' equity $740,000 1,595,000 2,680,000 $5,015,000 During 2023, the following events occurred: > Holiday Travels was authorized to sell 120,000 shares of $100 par, 6% preferred stock > Holiday sold 23,000 shares of the preferred stock at par value A cash dividend of $235,000 was declared and paid Holiday Travels declared and issued a 10% stock dividend on the common stock when the market value of the stock was $17 per share Net income for the year was $1,650,000

Which of the following statements are true regarding dividends?  Which of the following statements are true regarding dividends? check all that apply A large stock dividend is a distribution of more than 25% of previously outstanding shares. A stock split can be used to keep the stock price affordable. A small stock dividend is a distribution of 50% or less of previously outstanding shares. The date of payment reflects the date a cash dividend is paid to stockholders.