In: Accounting
The following selected accounts appear in the ledger of Parks Construction Inc. at the beginning of the current fiscal year:
Preferred 1% Stock, $50 par (100,000 shares authorized, 83,900 shares issued) | $4,195,000 |
Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par—Preferred Stock | 184,580 |
Common Stock, $3 par (5,000,000 shares authorized, 2,120,000 shares issued) | 6,360,000 |
Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par—Common Stock | 1,590,000 |
Retained Earnings | 31,692,000 |
During the year, the corporation completed a number of transactions affecting the stockholders’ equity. They are summarized as follows:
Jan. | 5 | Issued 467,700 shares of common stock at $9, receiving cash. |
Feb. | 10 | Issued 10,700 shares of preferred 1% stock at $62. |
Mar. | 19 | Purchased 53,000 shares of treasury stock for $6 per share. |
May | 16 | Sold 20,000 shares of treasury stock for $8 per share. |
Aug. | 25 | Sold 5,200 shares of treasury stock for $5 per share. |
Dec. | 6 | Declared cash dividends of $0.50 per share on preferred stock and $0.10 per share on common stock. |
31 | Paid the cash dividends. |
Journalize the entries to record the transactions. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.
Journalize the entries to record the transactions. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.
Date | account and explanation | debit | credit |
Jan 5 | Cash (467700*9) | 4209300 | |
Common Stock | 1403100 | ||
paid in capital in excess of par value-Common Stock | 2806200 | ||
(To record issue common Stock) | |||
Feb 10 | Cash (10700*62) | 663400 | |
Prefered stock | 535000 | ||
Paid in capital in excess of par value-Preferred stock | 128400 | ||
(To record issue preferred stock) | |||
Mar 19 | Treasury stock (53000*6) | 318000 | |
Cash | 318000 | ||
(to record purchase treasury stock) | |||
May 16 | Cash (20000*8) | 160000 | |
Treasury stock | 120000 | ||
paid in capital from sale of treasury stock | 40000 | ||
(To record treasury stock reissued) | |||
Aug 25 | Cash (5200*5) | 26000 | |
paid in capital from sale of treasury stock | 5200 | ||
Treasury Stock | 31200 | ||
(To record sale of treasury stock) | |||
Dec 6 | Cash dividend | 303290 | |
Common Dividend payable (2559900*.10) | 255990 | ||
Preferred dividend payable (94600*.50) | 47300 | ||
(To record dividend declared) | |||
Dec 31 | Common Dividend payable | 255990 | |
Preferred dividend payable | 47300 | ||
Cash | 303290 | ||
(To record dividend paid) | |||