In: Accounting
On January 1, 2014 Primo Corporation had the following
had the following equity accounts.
Amount in OMR
Share Capital – Ordinary 750,000 (OMR 10 par value, 75,000 shares
issued and outstanding)
Share Premium – Ordinary 200,000
Retained Earnings 540,000
During the year, the following transactions occurred.
Jan. 15 Declared an OMR 1 cash dividend per share to shareholders
of record on January 31, payable on February 15.
Feb. 15 Paid the dividend declared in January.
Apr. 15 Declared a 30% share dividend to shareholders of record
on
April 30, distributable May 15. On April 15, the market price of
the shares was OMR 14 per share.
May 15 Issued the shares for the share dividend.
July 1 Announced a 2 for 1 share split. The
market price per share prior to the announcement was OMR 18.
Dec. 1 Declared OMR 0.600 per share cash dividend to
shareholders of record on December 15, payable January 10,
2015.
Dec. 31 Determined that net income for the year was OMR
250,000.
Instructions:
(A) Journalize the transactions and the closing entry for the net
income.
(B) Prepare an Equity Section at December 31.