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Surfing the Standards Case 1: Preferred Dividends
Tootles Company, a publicly traded entity, issued nonredeemable preferred stock on January 1, 2018, Tootles issued 1,000 shares of $100 par value shares for $82.425. On January 1, 2015, the market rate of interest for preferred stock with the same characteristics was 6%. The
Management would like to know how to account for these shares both at issuance and thereafter. Prepare a memo to the file using the Codification for support. Include any relevant
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- Treasury Stock, Cost Method Bush-Caine Company reported the following data on its December 31, 2018, balance sheet: The following transactions were reported by the company during 2019: 1. Reacquired 200 shares of its preferred stock at 57 per share. 2. Reacquired 500 shares of its common stock at 16 per share. 3. Sold 100 shares of preferred treasury stock at 58 per share. 4. Sold 200 shares of common treasury stock at 17 per share. 5. Sold 100 shares of common treasury stock at 9 per share. 6. Retired the shares of common stock remaining in the treasury. The company maintains separate treasury stock accounts and related additional paid-in capital accounts for each class of stock. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entries required to record the treasury stock transactions using the cost method. 2. Assuming the company earned a net income in 2019 of 30.000 and declared and paid dividends of 10,000, prepare the shareholders equity section of its balance sheet at December 31, 2019.arrow_forwardStockholders' Equity Terminology A list of terms and a list of definitions or examples are presented below. Make a list of the numbers 1 through 12 and match the letter of the most directly related definition or example with each number Definitions and Examples Capitalizes retained earnings. Shares issued minus treasury shares. Emerson Electric will pay a dividend to all persons holding shares of its common stock on December 15, 2019, even if they just bought the shares and sell them a few days later. The accumulated earnings over the entire life of the corporation that have not been paid out in dividends. Common Stock account balance divided by the number of shares issued. The state of Louisiana set an upper limit of 1,000,000 on the number of shares that Gumps Catch Inc. can issue. Shares that never earn dividends. Any changes to stockholders equity from transactions with no owners. A right to purchase stock at a specified future time and specified price. j. A stock issue that requires no journal entry. k. Shares that may earn guaranteed dividends. 1. On October 15, 2019, General Electric announced its intention to pay a dividend on common stock.arrow_forwardStock Dividend Comparison Although Oriole Company has enough retained earnings legally to declare a dividend, its working capital is low. The board of directors is considering a stock dividend instead of a cash dividend. The common stock is currently selling at 34 per share. The following is Orioles current shareholders equity: Required: 1. Assuming a 15% stock dividend is declared and issued, prepare the shareholders equity section immediately after the date of issuance. 2. Assuming, instead, that a 30% stock dividend is declared and issued, prepare the shareholders equity section immediately after the date of issuance. 3. Next Level What unusual result do you notice when you compare your answers from Requirement 1 with Requirement 2? From a theoretical standpoint, how might this have been avoided?arrow_forward
- Percy Company has 15,000 shares of common stock outstanding during all of 2019. It also has 2 convertible securities outstanding at the end of 2019. These are: 1. Convertible preferred stock: 1,000 shares of 9%, 100 par, preferred stock were issued in 2015 for 140 per share. Each share of preferred stock is convertible into 3.5 shares of common stock. The current dividends have been paid. To date, no preferred stock has been converted. 2. Convertible bonds: Bonds with a face value of 100,000 and an interest rate of 10% were issued at par on July 1, 2019. Each 1,000 bond is convertible into 35 shares of common stock. To date, no bonds have been converted. Percy earned net income of 54,000 during 2019. Its income tax rate is 30%. Required: Compute the 2019 diluted earnings per share. What earnings per share amount(s) would Percy report on its 2019 income statement?arrow_forwardDo not give answer in imagearrow_forwardBarbie Company has 100,000 shares, $10 par value, 15% cumulative preferred stock outstanding on December 31, 2017. The company declared and paid a dividend of $75,000 in 2015 and no dividend is paid in 2016. Company declared and paid a dividend of $500,000 at the end of 2017. The amount paid to preferred stockholders as dividends in 2017 would be: a. $375,000 b. $150,000 c. $500,000 d. $300,000arrow_forward
- Gourmet Inc. issued $24 million of $1 par preferred stock on February 1, 2018. The company issued 1 million shares. The preferred stock has a 6% fixed annual cash dividend and no maturity date. Assume that the holder of the preferred shares has the option to require redemption. Requirements a. How would Gourmet account for the preferred stock dividends? b. What is the journal entry when the firm issued the preferred shares? Requirement a. How would Gourmet account for the preferred stock dividends? If Gourmet were a U.S. GAAP reporter then A. the entire proceeds would be classified as liability. Dividends are a reduction of equity. ○ B. the entire proceeds would be classified as equity. Dividends are a reduction of equity. ○ C. the shares would be classified as equity and the fixed dividend characteristic of the share would be recorded as a liability at the present value of an annuity. D. the shares would be classified as equity and the fixed dividend characteristic of the share would…arrow_forwardqr.1.arrow_forwardNonearrow_forward
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