. Prepare the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2021. a supporting schedule showing your computation of retained earnings at that date.
. Prepare the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2021. a supporting schedule showing your computation of retained earnings at that date.
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Transcribed Image Text:a. Prepare in general journal form the entries to record these transactions.
b. Prepare the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2021. Use the format illustrated in Exhibit 12-6. Include
a supporting schedule showing your computation of retained earnings at that date.
c. Compute the maximum cash dividend per share that legally could be declared at December 31, 2021, without impairing the paid-in
capital of Thompson Service. (Hint: The availability of retained earnings for dividends is restricted by the cost of treasury stock owned.)

Transcribed Image Text:At the beginning of 2021, Thompson Service, Inc., showed the following amounts in the stockholders' equity section of its balance
sheet.
Stockholders' equity:
Capital stock, $1 par value, 500,000 shares authorized, 382,000 issued and outstanding
Additional paid-in capital: capital stock
Total paid-in capital
Retained earnings
Total stockholders' equity
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$ 382,000
4,202,000
$4,584,000
2,704,600
$7,288,600
The transactions relating to stockholders' equity during the year are as follows.
Jan. 3 Declared a dividend of $1 per share to stockholders of record on January 31, payable on February 15.
Feb. 15
Paid the cash dividend declared on January 3.
Apr. 12
The corporation purchased 6,000 shares of its own capital stock at a price of $40 per share.
May 9
Reissued 4,000 shares of the treasury stock at a price of $44 per share.
June 1
Declared a 5 percent stock dividend to stockholders of record at June 15, to be distributed on June 30. The market price of the sto
Distributed the stock dividend declared on June 1.
June 30
Aug. 4
Reissued 600 of the 2,000 remaining shares of treasury stock at a price of $37 per share.
Dec. 31 The Income Summary account, showing net income for the year of $1,928,000, was closed into the Retained Earnings account.
Dec. 31 The $382,000 balance in the Dividends account was closed into the Retained Earnings account.
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