In: Accounting
The balance sheet for Tactex Controls Inc., provincially
incorporated in 2018, reported the following components of equity
on December 31, 2019.
Tactex Controls Inc. | |||
Equity Section of the Balance Sheet | |||
December 31, 2019 | |||
Contributed capital: | |||
Preferred shares, $2.8 cumulative, unlimited shares authorized; 27,000 shares issued and outstanding | $ | 399,000 | |
Common shares, unlimited shares authorized; 82,000 shares issued and outstanding | 742,000 | ||
Total contributed capital | $ | 1,141,000 | |
Retained earnings | 385,000 | ||
Total equity | $ | 1,526,000 | |
In 2020 and 2021, the company had the following transactions
affecting shareholders and the equity accounts:
2020 | |||
Jan. | 1 | Sold 37,000 common shares at $11.34 per share. | |
5 | The directors declared a total cash dividend of $238,000 payable on Feb. 28 to the Feb. 5 shareholders of record. Dividends had not been declared for the years 2018 and 2019. All of the preferred shares had been issued during 2018. | ||
Feb. | 28 | Paid the dividends declared on January 5. | |
July | 1 | Sold preferred shares for a total of $157,500. The average issue price was $20 per share. | |
Dec. | 31 | Closed the dividend accounts along with the $577,500 credit balance in the Income Summary account. | |
2021 | |||
Sept. | 5 | The directors declared the required cash dividend on the preferred shares and a $2.1 per common share cash dividend payable on October 28 to the October 5 shareholders of record. | |
Oct. | 28 | Paid the dividends declared on September 5. | |
Dec. | 31 | Closed the Cash Dividends account along with the $543,900 credit balance in the Income Summary account. |
1. Journal Entries -
2. Statement of Changes in Equity -
3. Equity Section of the Balance Sheet -