.   Prepare journal entries to record the transactions described above. b.   Prepare the December 31, 2020, stockholders’ equity section. Assume 2020 net income was $330,000.

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 (Dividends and Stockholders’ Equity Section) Anne Cleves Company reported the following amounts in the stockholders’ equity section of its December 31, 2019, balance sheet.

Preferred stock, 10%, $100 par (10,000 shares authorized, 2,000 shares issued)  
$200,000
Common stock, $5 par (100,000 shares authorized, 20,000 shares issued)
100,000
Additional paid-in capital
125,000
Retained earnings
450,000
Total
$875,000

During 2020, Cleves took part in the following transactions concerning stockholders’ equity.

1.   Paid the annual 2019 $10 per share dividend on preferred stock and a $2 per share dividend on common stock. These dividends had been declared on December 31, 2019.

2.   Purchased 1,700 shares of its own outstanding common stock for $40 per share. Cleves uses the cost method.

3.   Reissued 700 treasury shares for land valued at $30,000.

4.   Issued 500 shares of preferred stock at $105 per share.

5.   Declared a 10% stock dividend on the outstanding common stock when the stock is selling for $45 per share.

6.   Issued the stock dividend.

7.   Declared the annual 2020 $10 per share dividend on preferred stock and the $2 per share dividend on common stock. These dividends are payable in 2021.

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a.   Prepare journal entries to record the transactions described above.

b.   Prepare the December 31, 2020, stockholders’ equity section. Assume 2020 net income was $330,000.

 

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