Chapter 11, Problem 16Q

To determine

Cash dividends: The amount of cash provided by a corporation out of its distributable profits to its shareholders as a return for the amount invested by them is referred as cash dividends.

Stock Dividends:  It refers to the payment of the dividend to its shareholders by the corporation in the form of shares rather than cash is referred as stock dividend.

To contrast: the effects of cash dividend and a stock dividend on a corporation’s balance sheet.