In: Accounting
Sweet Company’s outstanding stock consists of 1,300 shares of
cumulative 5% preferred stock with a $100 par value and 10,300
shares of common stock with a $10 par value. During the first three
years of operation, the corporation declared and paid the following
total cash dividends.
| Dividends Declared & Paid | ||
| Year 1 | $ | 2,300 | 
| Year 2 | $ | 6,300 | 
| Year 3 | $ | 33,500 | 
The total amount of dividends paid to preferred and common
shareholders over the three-year period is:
| solution: | ||||||||||||
| Annual preferred dividend = 1300*$100*5% | ||||||||||||
| = $6500 | ||||||||||||
| year | Total Cash Dividend Paid | Paid to Preferred | arrears of prefered dividend | common stock dividend | ||||||||
| 1 | 2300 | 2300 | 6500-2300=4200 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 6300 | 6300 | (6500-6300)+4200=4400 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | 33500 | 6500+4400=10900 | 0 | 33500-10900=22600 | ||||||||
| Total amount paid to preferred stock over the 3 years = $2300+$6300+$10900=$19500 | ||||||||||||
| total dividend paid to common stock over the 3 years = $22600 | ||||||||||||