Topic: Stockholders’ Equity Section of the Balance Sheet The following summaries for 1Maryland Service, Inc., and 2Grapone, Co., provide the information needed to prepare the stockholders’ equity section of each company’s balance sheet. The two companies are independent. Maryland is authorized to issue 44,000 shares of $1 par common stock. All the stock was issued at $11 per share. The company incurred net losses of $47,000 in 2009 and $15,000 in 2010. It earned net income of $32,000 in 2011 and $178,000 in 2012. The company declared no dividends during the four-year period. 2. Grapone’s charter authorizes the issuance of 70,000 shares of 5%, $14 par preferred stock and 470,000 shares of no-par common stock. Grapone issued 1,400 shares of the preferred stock at $14 per share. It issued 130,000 shares of the common stock for $260,000. The company’s retained earnings balance at the beginning of 2012 was $60,000. Net income for 2012 was $98,000, and the company declared the specified preferred dividend for 2012. Preferred dividends for 2011 were in arrears. Requirements: For each company, prepare the stockholders’ equity section of its balance sheet at December 31, 2012. Show the computation of all amounts. Entries are not required.
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.
Topic:
The following summaries for 1Maryland Service, Inc., and 2Grapone, Co., provide the information needed to prepare the stockholders’ equity section of each company’s balance sheet. The two companies are independent.
- Maryland is authorized to issue 44,000 shares of $1 par common stock. All the stock was issued at $11 per share. The company incurred net losses of $47,000 in 2009 and $15,000 in 2010. It earned net income of $32,000 in 2011 and $178,000 in 2012. The company declared no dividends during the four-year period.
2. Grapone’s charter authorizes the issuance of 70,000 shares of 5%, $14 par
Requirements:
- For each company, prepare the stockholders’ equity section of its balance sheet at December 31, 2012. Show the computation of all amounts. Entries are not required.
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