Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
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ISBN: 9781259535314
Author: David Marshall, Wayne William McManus, Daniel Viele
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Preferred stock-calculate dividend amounts Laura & Marty, Ltd., did not pay dividends on its 9.5%, $100 par value cumulative preferred stock during 2015 or 2016. Since 2009,175,000 shares of this stock have been outstanding. Laura & Marty, Ltd., has been profitable in 2017 and is considering a cash dividend on its common stock that would be payable in December 2017.

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Calculate the amount of dividends that would have to be paid on the preferred stock before a cash dividend could be paid to the common stockholders.

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Problem 6 (Adapted)Anna company presented the following account balances in the shareholders’ equity section for the year ended December 31, 2018: Preference share capital, 12% P50 par, P3,000,000, Ordinary share capital, P100 par, P6,000,000 and deficit, (P1,350,000). No dividends have been paid on the preference share since 2016. Determine the book value per share under the following conditions:a. Preference share is preferred as to assetsb. Preference share is preferred as to dividend
Preferred stock—calculate dividend amounts Laura & Marty, Ltd., did not pay dividends on its 9.5%, $100 par value cumulative preferred stock during 2015 or 2016. Since 2009, 175,000 shares of this stock have been outstanding. Laura & Marty, Ltd., has been profitable in 2017 and is considering a cash dividend on its common stock that would be payable in December 2017.Required:Calculate the amount of dividends that would have to be paid on the preferred stock before a cash dividend could be paid to the common stockholders.
Book Value Per share Problem 2 (Adapted)The following account balances appear in the shareholders’ equity section of Wendelove Company on December 31, 2018:Preference share capital, 12% P100 4,000,000Ordinary share capital, P100 16,000,000Share premium 8,000,000Retained earnings 4,000,000 Dividends have been paid on the preference share up to December 31, 2016.Determine the book value per preference share if the preference share is:a. cumulative and fully participatingb. noncumulative and non participatingc. cumulative and non participating
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