Rich Ltd. declares a 3 for 1 stock split on its class A common shares. There are 12,000,000 shares authorized and 6,000,000 shares outstanding. The book value of each share at the time of the declaration is $12 and the quoted market value in the Toronto newspapers is $16. The entry to record the split should: None of these Debit some other shareholders equity account Debit retained earnings Debit a liability account Credit retained earnings no handwritten

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Rich Ltd. declares a 3 for 1 stock split on its class A common shares. There are 12,000,000 shares authorized and 6,000,000 shares outstanding. The book value of each share at the time of the declaration is $12 and the quoted market value in the Toronto newspapers is $16.

The entry to record the split should:

None of these

Debit some other shareholders equity account

Debit retained earnings

Debit a liability account

Credit retained earnings

no handwritten

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