Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134728520
Author: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 8SE
Accounting for cash dividends (Learning Objective 4) 10-15 min.
Zepher, Inc., prepared the following stockholders’ equity section as of December 31, 2018.
| Stockholders' Equity | |
| Paid-in Capital: | |
| 1.000 shares issued and outstanding | $ 80,000 |
| Common Stock, $10 par, 25,000 shares authorized, | |
| 9,000 shares issued and outstanding | 90,000 |
| Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Common | 85,000 |
| Total Paid-in Capital | 3255,000 |
| 145,000 | |
| Total Stockholders’ Equity | $400,000 |
Requirement
1. Answer the following questions about Zepher, Inc.’s dividends:
- a. How much in dividends must Zepher, Inc., declare each year before the common stockholders get any cash dividends for the year?
- b. Suppose Zepher, Inc., declares cash dividends of $22,000 for 2018. How much of the dividends goes to preferred? How much goes to common?
- c. Is Zepher, Inc.’s preferred stock cumulative or noncumulative? How can you tell?
- d. Suppose Zepher, Inc., passed the preferred dividend in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, the company declares cash dividends of $19,000. How much of the dividends goes to preferred? How much goes to common?
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May 22 Treasury Stock $16,900
Stock transactions for Careful Driving School, Inc. follow:
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share.
May 22 Purchased 1,300 shares of treasury stock-common at $13 per
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Using the following accounts and balances, prepare the Stockhalders' Equity section of the balance sheet using Method 1 of Exhibit 8. 50,000 shares of common stock authorized, and 2,000 shares have been reacquired.
Comman Stock, $sa0 par
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Paid-In Capital from Sale of Treasury Stock
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par-Common Stock
64,000
440,000
Retained Earnings
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Treasury Stock
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Stockholders' Equity
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Excess over par
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Treasury Stock
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