In: Accounting
On 1 January 2016, Jake Ltd had these equity accounts:
Share Capital (50 000 shares issued for $20 each) $1 000 000
General Reserve 200 000
Retained Earnings 600 000
During the year, the following transactions occurred:
Feb. 1 Declared an $0.80 cash dividend per share to shareholders, payable on 1 March.
Mar. 1 Paid the dividend declared in February.
July 1 Declared a 5% share dividend to shareholders, distributable on 31 July. On 1 July, the market price of the shares was $30 per share and this was determined to be the amount at which the dividend shares would be issued.
July 31 Issued the shares for the share dividend.
Dec. 1 Declared a cash dividend of $0.40 per share, payable on 5 January 2017.
Enter the beginning balances and post the entries to the equity and liability T accounts.
Share capital | Additional share capital | |||||||
Date | Debit | Date | Credit | Date | Debit | Date | Credit | |
Jan 1. | 1000000 | July 1. | ||||||
July 31. | 50000 | (50000*5%*10) | 25000 | |||||
0 | 1050000 | 0 | 25000 | |||||
Bal. | 1050000 | Bal. | 25000 | |||||
General reserve | Retained earnings | |||||||
Date | Debit | Date | Credit | Date | Debit | Date | Credit | |
Jan 1. | 200000 | Feb 1. | Jan 1. | 600000 | ||||
(50000*0.80) | 40000 | |||||||
July 1. | ||||||||
(50000*5%*30) | 75000 | |||||||
Dec 1. | 21000 | |||||||
136000 | 600000 | |||||||
Bal. | 464000 | |||||||
Dividend payable | Share dividend payable | |||||||
Date | Debit | Date | Credit | Date | Debit | Date | Credit | |
Mar 1. | 40000 | Feb 1. | July 31. | 50000 | July 1. | |||
(50000*0.80) | 40000 | (50000*5%*20) | 50000 | |||||
Dec 1. | 21000 | 50000 | 50000 | |||||
40000 | 61000 | |||||||
Bal. | 21000 | |||||||
Note:1 | ||||||||
Dividend payable on Dec 1: | ||||||||
Share capital outstanding as on Dec 1. | ||||||||
Nos. | ||||||||
Beginning balance | 50000 | |||||||
Add: Share dividend | (50000*5%) | 2500 | ||||||
Share capital outstanding as on Dec 1. | 52500 | |||||||
Dividend payable=52500*0.40=$ 21000 | ||||||||