Cash Dividends Sanders Corporation has the following shares outstanding: 9,000 shares of $50 par value, 3% preferred stock and 60,000 shares of $1 par value common stock. The company has $246,000 of retained earnings. At year-end, the company declares its regular $1.50 per share cash dividend on the preferred stock and a $1.65 per share cash dividend on the common stock. Three weeks later, the company pays the dividends. a. Determine the financial statement effect of the declaration of the cash dividends. b. Determine the financial statement effect of the payment of the cash dividends   Balance Sheet               Income Statement           Assets = Liabilities + Equity       Revenues - Expenses = Net Income a. 0     Answer     Answer         0     0     0   b. Answer     Answer     0         0     0     0

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Cash Dividends

Sanders Corporation has the following shares outstanding: 9,000 shares of $50 par value, 3% preferred
stock
and 60,000 shares of $1 par value common stock. The company has $246,000 of retained earnings.

At year-end, the company declares its regular $1.50 per share cash dividend on the preferred stock and a
$1.65 per share cash dividend on the common stock. Three weeks later, the company pays the dividends.

a. Determine the financial statement effect of the declaration of the cash dividends.
b. Determine the financial statement effect of the payment of the cash dividends

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