In: Accounting
Kohler Corporation reports the following components of
stockholders’ equity on December 31, 2017.
| Common stock—$25 par value, 100,000 shares authorized, 55,000 shares issued and outstanding  | 
$ | 1,375,000 | 
| Paid-in capital in excess of par value, common stock | 70,000 | |
| Retained earnings | 400,000 | |
| Total stockholders' equity | $ | 1,845,000 | 
In year 2018, the following transactions affected its stockholders’
equity accounts.
| Jan. | 1 | Purchased 5,500 shares of its own stock at $20 cash per share. | ||
| Jan. | 5 | Directors declared a $2 per share cash dividend payable on February 28 to the February 5 stockholders of record. | ||
| Feb. | 28 | Paid the dividend declared on January 5. | ||
| July | 6 | Sold 2,063 of its treasury shares at $24 cash per share. | ||
| Aug. | 22 | Sold 3,437 of its treasury shares at $17 cash per share. | ||
| Sept. | 5 | Directors declared a $2 per share cash dividend payable on October 28 to the September 25 stockholders of record. | ||
| Oct. | 28 | Paid the dividend declared on September 5. | ||
| Dec. | 31 | Closed the $368,000 credit balance (from net income) in the Income Summary account to Retained Earnings. | 
Required:
1. Prepare journal entries to record each of these
transactions for 2018.
2. Prepare a statement of retained earnings for
the year ended December 31, 2018.
3. Prepare the stockholders' equity section of the
company’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2018.