Exercise 11-13: Whitacre Company’s stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet on December 31, 2015, was as follows: Common stock, $10 par value, 60,000 shares issued and outstanding                   $600,000 Additional pain-in capital                                                                                         480,000 Retained earnings                                                                                                  1,240,000 Total stockholders’ equity                                                                         $2,320,000 On May 1, 2016, Whitacre declared and issued a 15% stock dividend, when the stock was selling for $20 per share. The on November 1, it declared and issued a 2-for-1 stock split. How many shares of stock are outstanding at year-end?   What is the par value per share of these shares?   Develop the stockholders’ equity category of Whitacre’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2016.

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Exercise 11-13: Whitacre Company’s stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet on December 31, 2015, was as follows:

Common stock, $10 par value, 60,000 shares issued and outstanding                   $600,000

Additional pain-in capital                                                                                         480,000

Retained earnings                                                                                                  1,240,000

Total stockholders’ equity                                                                         $2,320,000

On May 1, 2016, Whitacre declared and issued a 15% stock dividend, when the stock was selling for $20 per share. The on November 1, it declared and issued a 2-for-1 stock split.

  1. How many shares of stock are outstanding at year-end?

 

  1. What is the par value per share of these shares?

 

  1. Develop the stockholders’ equity category of Whitacre’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2016.
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