In: Accounting
The following selected accounts appear in the ledger of Parks Construction Inc. at the beginning of the current year:
Preferred 1% Stock, $50 par (100,000 shares authorized, 75,100 shares issued) | $3,755,000 |
Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par—Preferred Stock | 165,220 |
Common Stock, $3 par (5,000,000 shares authorized, 1,690,000 shares issued) | 5,070,000 |
Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par—Common Stock | 1,014,000 |
Retained Earnings | 30,836,000 |
During the year, the corporation completed a number of transactions affecting the stockholders’ equity. They are summarized as follows:
a. | Issued 454,700 shares of common stock at $8, receiving cash. |
b. | Issued 11,800 shares of preferred 1% stock at $61. |
c. | Purchased 46,500 shares of treasury common for $8 per share. |
d. | Sold 20,700 shares of treasury common for $10 per share. |
e. | Sold 5,700 shares of treasury common for $7 per share. |
f. | Declared cash dividends of $0.50 per share on preferred stock and $0.10 per share on common stock. |
g. | Paid the cash dividends. |
Journalize the entries to record the transactions. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.
Journal entries | ||||||
S.no. | Accounts title and explanations | Debit $ | Credit $ | |||
a. | Cash account | 3637600.00 | ||||
Common stock capital | 1364100.00 | |||||
Paid in capital in excess of parCommon | 2273500.00 | |||||
(for issuance of stock) | ||||||
b. | Cash account (11800*61) | 719800.00 | ||||
Preferred stock capital (11800*50) | 590000.00 | |||||
Paid in capital in excess of par-Preferred | 129800.00 | |||||
(for issuance of preferred stock) | ||||||
c.. | Treasury stock (46500*8) | 372000.00 | ||||
Cash account | 372000.00 | |||||
(for treasury stock purchased) | ||||||
d. | Cash account (20700*10) | 207000.00 | ||||
Treasury stock (20700*8) | 165600.00 | |||||
Paid in capital-Treasury stock | 41400.00 | |||||
(for resale of treasury stock) | ||||||
e. | Cash account (5700*7) | 39900.00 | ||||
Paid in capital-treasury stock | 5700.00 | |||||
Treasury stock (5700*8) | 45600.00 | |||||
f. | Dividend account | 255910.00 | ||||
Preferred dividend payable (75100+11800 *0.50) | 43450.00 | |||||
Common Dividend payable (1690,000+454,700-46500+20700+5700)*0.10 | 212460.00 | |||||
(for dividend decalred) | ||||||
g. | Preferred dividend payable | 43450.00 | ||||
Common dividend payable | 212460.00 | |||||
Cash account | 255910.00 | |||||
(for dividend payable) | ||||||