Question 2 The owners are desirous of comparing serval financial transactions and possible outcomes to assist in guiding their decision-making process. They assume that the company will be formed on January 1, 2020 and that Mulatto Company’s charter will authorize 1,000,000 shares of common stock and 400,000, $100 par value, 5% cumulative preferred stock. They have asked each student from your accounting course to prepare the company’s journal entries and statement of owner’s equity based on the following information which is grouped according to your surname name initial. Issued 5000 shares of common stock. Stock has par value of $0.01per share and was issued at $30 per share. Issued 2000 shares of preferred stock at par value as payment in exchange for legal services. Exchanged 100,000 shares of common stock for land with an appraised value of $250,000 and a building with an appraised value of $450,000. Earned Net income $500,000. Paid dividends to preferred shareholders as well as $2 per share to common stockholders. Using the info above and as a guide: Prepare the journal entries with narrations to record the following: The issuances of stock. Close out net income to retained earnings. Dividend paid. Close out dividend to retained earnings. 2. Prepare Mulatto Company’s Stockholders equity section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2020. The following information must be clearly stated/shown: information on par values, the number of shares authorized and issued where necessary. the sub total for the total paid in capital. Retained earnings. total stockholders’ equity.
Reporting Cash Flows
Reporting of cash flows means a statement of cash flow which is a financial statement. A cash flow statement is prepared by gathering all the data regarding inflows and outflows of a company. The cash flow statement includes cash inflows and outflows from various activities such as operating, financing, and investment. Reporting this statement is important because it is the main financial statement of the company.
Balance Sheet
A balance sheet is an integral part of the set of financial statements of an organization that reports the assets, liabilities, equity (shareholding) capital, other short and long-term debts, along with other related items. A balance sheet is one of the most critical measures of the financial performance and position of the company, and as the name suggests, the statement must balance the assets against the liabilities and equity. The assets are what the company owns, and the liabilities represent what the company owes. Equity represents the amount invested in the business, either by the promoters of the company or by external shareholders. The total assets must match total liabilities plus equity.
Financial Statements
Financial statements are written records of an organization which provide a true and real picture of business activities. It shows the financial position and the operating performance of the company. It is prepared at the end of every financial cycle. It includes three main components that are balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.
Owner's Capital
Before we begin to understand what Owner’s capital is and what Equity financing is to an organization, it is important to understand some basic accounting terminologies. A double-entry bookkeeping system Normal account balances are those which are expected to have either a debit balance or a credit balance, depending on the nature of the account. An asset account will have a debit balance as normal balance because an asset is a debit account. Similarly, a liability account will have the normal balance as a credit balance because it is amount owed, representing a credit account. Equity is also said to have a credit balance as its normal balance. However, sometimes the normal balances may be reversed, often due to incorrect journal or posting entries or other accounting/ clerical errors.
Question 2
The owners are desirous of comparing serval financial transactions and possible outcomes to assist in guiding their decision-making process. They assume that the company will be formed on January 1, 2020 and that Mulatto Company’s charter will authorize 1,000,000 shares of common stock and 400,000, $100 par value, 5% cumulative
Issued 5000 shares of common stock. Stock has par value of $0.01per share and was issued at $30 per share.
Issued 2000 shares of preferred stock at par value as payment in exchange for legal services.
Exchanged 100,000 shares of common stock for land with an appraised value of $250,000 and a building with an appraised value of $450,000.
Earned Net income $500,000.
- Paid dividends to preferred shareholders as well as $2 per share to common stockholders.
Using the info above and as a guide:
- Prepare the journal entries with narrations to record the following:
- The issuances of stock.
- Close out net income to
retained earnings . - Dividend paid.
- Close out dividend to retained earnings.
2. Prepare Mulatto Company’s
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- information on par values,
- the number of shares authorized and issued where necessary.
- the sub total for the total paid in capital.
- Retained earnings.
- total stockholders’ equity.
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