In: Accounting
Stock Dividends
The Stockholders' Equity section of Merriwether Corp.'s balance sheet as of January 1, 2017, appeared as follows:
Common stock, $10 par, 49,000 shares issued and outstanding | $490,000 |
Additional paid-in capital | 100,000 |
Retained earnings | 400,000 |
Total stockholders' equity | $990,000 |
The following transactions occurred during 2017:
Required:
1. Identify and analyze the effect of each transaction.
a. Declared a 10% stock dividend to common stockholders on January 15. At the time of the dividend, the common stock was selling for $30 per share. The stock dividend was to be issued to stockholders on January 30, 2017.
b. Distributed the stock dividend to the stockholders on January 30, 2017.
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2. Develop the Stockholders' Equity category of Merriwether Corp.'s balance sheet as of January 31, 2017, after the stock dividend was issued.
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Total stockholders' equity | $ |
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These transactions
total stockholders' equity. They reclassified some equity from the
category to the
category.
These transactions did not change the total stockholders' equity. They reclassified some retained earnings from the retained earnings to contributed capital category.