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The books of Crane Corporation carried the following account balances as of December 31, 2017. Cash...

The books of Crane Corporation carried the following account balances as of December 31, 2017.

Cash $ 206,000
Preferred Stock (6% cumulative, nonparticipating, $50 par) 282,000
Common Stock (no-par value, 328,000 shares issued) 1,640,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Preferred Stock 141,000
Treasury Stock (common 2,900 shares at cost) 30,800
Retained Earnings 108,400


The company decided not to pay any dividends in 2017.

The board of directors, at their annual meeting on December 21, 2018, declared the following: “The current year dividends shall be 6% on the preferred and $0.50 per share on the common. The dividends in arrears shall be paid by issuing 1,410 shares of treasury stock.” At the date of declaration, the preferred is selling at $74 per share, and the common at $12 per share. Net income for 2018 is estimated at $77,300.

(a) Prepare the journal entries required for the dividend declaration and payment, assuming that they occur simultaneously. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 3,487.)

(b) Could Crane Corporation give the preferred stockholders 2 years’ dividends and common stockholders a 50 cents per share dividend, all in cash?

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A) Ans:

Date

Accounts Title And Explanation

Debit

Credit

Dec 21th ,2018

Retained Earnings(282,000*6%+328,000*0.50

$180,920

               Preferred Dividend Payable

$16,920

               Common Stock Dividend Payable

$164000

(To Record the dividend payable on common stock and Preferred stock)

Jan-19

Preferred Dividend Payable

$16,920

Common Stock Dividend Payable

$164000

        Cash

$164000

        Treasury Stock($12*1410)

$16,920

(To record the Payment of Dividend and Issue of Treasury stock in lieu of Cash Dividend

B) Ans:

Yes The company Can able to pay the 2 years Preferred dividend and 0.50 cents per common stock as the retained earnings and cash are available to Pay

Particulars

Amount

Common Dividend

(0.5$*328,000)

1,64,000

Preferred Dividend Payable

282k*6%*2

33,840

Total Dividend Payable

1,97,840

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