In: Accounting
Instruction.
a. Prepare the journal entry for the issuance when the fair value of the ordinary shares is 168 each and fair value of the preference shares is 210 each.
b. Prepare the journal entry for the issuance when only the fair value of the ordinary shares 170 per share is known.
a. Proportional mehod
Number | Amount | Total | Percent | ||
Ordinary shares | 500 | 168 | 84,000 | 80% | |
Preference shares | 100 | 210 | 21,000 | 20% | |
Fair market value | 105,000 | 100% |
Allocation:
Ordinary | Preference | |
Price | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Allocation | 80% | 20% |
Total | 80,000 | 20,000 |
Journal entries:
Cash | 100,000 | ||||
share capital - ordinary | 5,000 | ||||
Share premium - ordinary | 75,000 | ||||
Share capital - preference | 10,000 | ||||
Share premium - preference | 10,000 |
b. Incremental method
Number | Amount | Total | ||
Ordinary shares | 500 | 170 | 85,000 | |
Preference shares | 100 | 15,000 | ||
Fair market value | 100,000 |
Journal entries:
Cash | 100,000 | ||||
share capital - ordinary | 5,000 | ||||
Share premium - ordinary | 80,000 | ||||
Share capital - preference | 10,000 | ||||
Share premium - preference | 5,000 |
For instruction (a), we use proportional method and for (b) we use incremental method.