In: Accounting
| Common stock—$10 par
value, 100,000 shares authorized, 55,000 shares issued and outstanding |
$550,000 |
| Paid-in capital in excess of par value, common stock | 60,000 |
| Retained earnings | 460,000 |
| Total stockholders' equity | $1,070,000 |
In year 2017, the following transactions affected its stockholders’
equity accounts.
| Jan. | 1 | Purchased 4,500 shares of its own stock at $20 cash per share. |
| Jan. | 5 | Directors declared a $4 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 1,688 of its treasury shares at $24 cash per share. |
| Aug. | 22 | Sold 2,812 of its treasury shares at $17 cash per share. |
| Sept. | 5 | Directors declared a $4 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 $408,000 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 2017.
2. Prepare a statement of retained earnings for
the year ended December 31, 2017.
3. Prepare the stockholders' equity section of the
company’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2017.
| 1 | ||||
| Date | General Journal | Debit | Credit | |
| 1-Jan | Treasury stock, Common | 90,000 | =4500*20 | |
| Cash | 90,000 | |||
| 5-Jan | Retained earnings | 202,000 | =(55000-4500)*4 | |
| Common dividend payable | 202,000 | |||
| 28-Feb | Common dividend payable | 202,000 | ||
| Cash | 202,000 | |||
| 6-Jul | Cash | 40,512 | =1688*24 | |
| Treasury stock, Common | 33,760 | =1688*20 | ||
| Paid-in capital, Treasury stock | 6,752 | |||
| 22-Aug | Cash | 47,804 | =2812*17 | |
| Paid-in capital, Treasury stock | 6,752 | |||
| Retained earnings | 1,684 | |||
| Treasury stock, Common | 56,240 | =2812*20 | ||
| 5-Sep | Retained earnings | 220,000 | =55000*4 | |
| Common dividend payable | 220,000 | |||
| 28-Oct | Common dividend payable | 220,000 | ||
| Cash | 220,000 | |||
| 31-Dec | Income summary | 408,000 | ||
| Retained earnings | 408,000 | |||
| 2 | ||||
| Statement of Retained Earnings | ||||
| For Year Ended December 31, 2017 | ||||
| Retained earnings, Dec. 31, 2016 | 460,000 | |||
| Add: Net income | 408,000 | |||
| 868,000 | ||||
| Less: Cash dividends declared | -422,000 | |||
| Less: Treasury stock reissuances | -1,684 | |||
| Retained earnings, Dec. 31, 2017 | 444,316 | |||
| 3 | ||||
| Stockholders' Equity Section of the Balance Sheet | ||||
| December 31, 2017 | ||||
| Common stock - $10 par value | 550,000 | |||
| Paid-in capital in excess of par value, common stock | 60,000 | |||
| Total contributed capital | 610,000 | |||
| Retained earnings | 444,316 | |||
| Total stockholders' equity | 1,054,316 | |||