Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
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Author: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
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On its 2019 balance sheet , Barngrover Books showed $510 million of retained earnings , and exactly that same amount was shown the following year in 2020. Assuming that no earnings restatements were issued, which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. Dividends could have been paid in 2020, but they would have had to equal the earnings for the year.
B. If the company lost money in 2020, they must have paid dividends.
C. The company must have had zero net income in 2020.
D. The company must have paid out half of its earnings as dividends.
E. The company must have paid no dividends in 2020.
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