Chapter 13, Problem 13.28E

1.

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.

Common stock: These are the ordinary shares that a corporation issues to the investors in order to raise funds. In return, the investors receive a share of profit from the profits earned by the corporation.

Preferred stock: The stock that provides a fixed amount of return (dividend) to its stockholder before paying dividends to common stockholders is referred as preferred stock.

Par value: It refers to the value of a stock that is stated by the corporation’s charter. It is also known as face value of a stock.

To compute: the cash dividend to be paid to non-cumulative preferred stockholders and common stockholders for 2018.

2.

To determine

To journalize: the declaration of the cash dividends of S Corporation on July 1, 2018.