On December 31, 2022, the equity accounts of Book Creations, Inc., contained the following balances:       Common stock ($10 par, 100,000 shares authorized) 30,000 shares issued and outstanding $300,000 Retained earnings $476,600   For the year 2022, the corporation had net income before income taxes of $176,300, income taxes of $35,260, and net income after taxes of $141,040. The corporation’s tax rate is 20 percent. An expansion of the existing plant at a cost of $564,300 is planned. The corporation’s president, who owns 60 percent of the corporation’s common stock, estimates that the expansion would result in an increased net income of approximately $176,300 before interest and taxes. The financial vice president forecasts that the increase would be only $88,150. Management is considering two possibilities for financing:   Issuance of 20,000 additional shares of common stock for $29 per share. Issuance of $564,300 face amount, 10-year, 6 percent bonds payable, secured by a mortgage lien on the plant.

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Listed below are the transactions that affected the shareholders’ equity of Branch-Rickie Corporation during the period 2024–2026. At December 31, 2023, the corporation’s accounts included:   ($ in thousands) Common stock, 113 million shares at $1 par $ 113,000 Paid-in capital—excess of par 678,000 Retained earnings 920,000 November 1, 2024, the board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.50 per share on its common shares, payable to shareholders of record November 15, to be paid December 1. On March 1, 2025, the board of directors declared a property dividend consisting of corporate bonds of Warner Corporation that Branch-Rickie was holding as an investment. The bonds had a fair value of $2.9 million, but were purchased two years previously for $2.5 million. Because they were intended to be held to maturity, the bonds had not been previously written up. The property dividend was payable to shareholders of record March 13, to be distributed April 5. On July 12,…

Listed below are the transactions that affected the shareholders’ equity of Branch-Rickie Corporation during the period 2021–2023. At December 31, 2020, the corporation’s accounts included:    ($ in thousands) Common stock, 115 million shares at $1 par $ 115,000   Paid-in capital—excess of par   690,000   Retained earnings   940,000       November 1, 2021, the board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.70 per share on its common shares, payable to shareholders of record November 15, to be paid December 1. On March 1, 2022, the board of directors declared a property dividend consisting of corporate bonds of Warner Corporation that Branch-Rickie was holding as an investment. The bonds had a fair value of $3.1 million, but were purchased two years previously for $2.7 million. Because they were intended to be held to maturity, the bonds had not been previously written up. The property dividend was payable to shareholders of record March 13, to be distributed April 5.…

Dayton, Inc. had 100,000 shares of common stock outstanding at January 1, 2022. On March 31, 2022, an additional 24,000 shares were sold for cash. Dayton also had $8,000,000 of 6% convertible bonds outstanding throughout the year. The bonds are convertible into 80,000 shares of common stock. Net income for the year was $700,000. The tax rate is 25% Calculate both the basic and dilutive EPS

At December 31, 2024, Oriole Co. had 1150000 shares of common stock outstanding. In addition, Oriole had 449000 shares of preferred stock which were convertible into 755000 shares of common stock. During 2025, Oriole paid $1120000 cash dividends on the common stock and $802000 cash dividends on the preferred stock. Net income for 2025 was $6877050 and the company's income tax rate was 20%. Diluted earnings per share for 2025 was O $2.60. O $5.98. O $3.61. O $5.00.

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Zakaryan Corporation was organized on January 1, 2020. The corporation's governing documents authorized the issue of 100,000 shares of $1 par common stock. During 2020, Zakaryan had the following transactions relating to stockholders' equity: Issued 10,000 shares of common stock at $14 per share. Issued 20,000 shares of common stock at $16 per share. Reported a net income of $200,000. Paid dividends of $100,000. Purchased 3,000 shares of treasury stock at $20 (part of the 20,000 shares issued at $16). What is total shareholders' equity at the end of 2020? O $600,000. O $540,000. O $500,000. O $400,000. 4

On December 31, 2020, Melon Co. was registered at SEC with 100,000 authorized ordinary shares of P100 par value. On the same date, 40,000 were sold and issued at P105 per share. On May 15, 2021, the corporation purchased 600 shares of its ordinary share capital at P110 per share. On September 16, 2021, 400 treasury shares were sold at P95. In 2021, the corporation realized an income after tax of P830,000 and paid a cash dividend of P200,000. What is the total shareholders’ equity of Melon Co. on Dec. 31, 2021?   a. P10,602,000 b. P4,820,000 c. P4,802,000 d. P4,352,000

Oriole Corporation was organized on January 1, 2021. During its first year, the corporation issued 1,950 shares of $50 par value preferred stock and 105,000 shares of $10 par value common stock. At December 31, the company declared the following cash dividends: 2021, $5,000; 2022, $13,900; and 2023, $27,000.