In: Accounting
Identifying and Analyzing Financial Statement Effects of
Dividends
The stockholders’ equity of Palepu Company at December 31, 2015,
appears below.
| Common stock, $10 par value, 200,000 shares authorized; | |
| 85,000 shares issued and outstanding | $800,000 |
| Paid-in capital in excess of par value | 480,000 |
| Retained earnings | 315,000 |
During 2016, the following transactions occurred:
| May 12 | Declared and issued a 8% stock dividend; the common stock market value was $18 per share. |
| Dec. 31 | Declared and paid a cash dividend of 75 cents per share. |
a. Using the financial statement effects template, illustrate
the effects of these transactions.
Use negative signs with answers when appropriate. When applicable,
enter total amount for contributed capital.
| Balance Sheet | Income Statement | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transaction | Cash Asset | + | Noncash Asset |
= | Liabilities | + | Contrib. Capital |
+ | Earned Capital |
Revenues | - | Expenses | = | Net Income |
| 5/12 Declared and paid stock dividend | Answer | + | Answer | = | Answer | + | Answer | + | Answer | Answer | - | Answer | = | Answer |
| 12/31 Declared and issued cash dividend | Answer | + | Answer | = | Answer | + | Answer | + | Answer | Answer | - | Answer | = | Answer |
b. Prepare the journal entries for these transactions.
| General Journal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Description | Debit | Credit |
| 5/12 | AnswerCashCommon stockAdditional paid-in capitalRetained earnings | Answer | Answer |
| Common Stock | Answer | Answer | |
| AnswerCashCommon stockAdditional paid-in capitalRetained earnings | Answer | Answer | |
| 12/31 | AnswerCashCommon stockAdditional paid-in capitalRetained earnings | Answer | Answer |
| AnswerCashCommon stockAdditional paid-in capitalRetained earnings | Answer | Answer | |
c. Post the journal entries from b to the related T-accounts.
| Cash (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/12 | Answer | Answer | |
| 12/31 | Answer | Answer | |
| Common Stock (SE) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/12 | Answer | Answer | |
| 12/31 | Answer | Answer | |
| Retained Earnings (SE) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/12 | Answer | Answer | |
| 12/31 | Answer | Answer | |
| Additional Paid-in Capital (SE) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/12 | Answer | Answer | |
| 12/31 | Answer | Answer | |
d. Prepare a retained earnings reconciliation for 2016 assuming
that the company reports 2016 net income of $283,000.
Do not use negative signs with answers below.
| PALEPU COMPANY Statement of Retained Earnings For the Year Ended December 31, 2016 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Retained earnings, December 31, 2015 | Answer | |
| Add: | ||
| AnswerNet incomeCash dividends declaredStock dividends declared | Answer | |
| Answer | ||
| Less: | ||
| Cash dividends declared | Answer | |
| AnswerNet incomeCash dividends declaredStock dividends declared | Answer | Answer |
| Retained earnings, December 31, 2016 | Answer | |
| Balance Sheet | Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Transaction | Cash Asset | + | Noncash | = | Liabilities | + | Contrib. | + | Earned | Revenues | - | Expenses | = | Net Income |
| Asset | Capital | Capital | ||||||||||||
|
5/12 Declared and paid stock dividend (85000*8%*18) |
+ | = | + | $122,400.00 | + | -$122,400.00 | - | = | ||||||
|
12/31 Declared and issued cash dividend (85000+85000*8%)*0.75 |
-$68,850.00 | + | = | + | + | -$68,850.00 | - | = | ||||||
| Journal Entry- Palepu Company | |||
| Date | Account Title | Debit | Credit |
| 12-May | Retained Earning | $122,400.00 | |
| Common Stock (85000*8%*10) | $68,000.00 | ||
| Additional Paid in Capital (bf) | $54,400.00 | ||
| Dec. 31 | Retained Earning | $68,850.00 | |
| Cash | $68,850.00 | ||
| Cash | ||
| 12-May | 0 | 0 |
| 31-Dec | Credit | 68,850 |
| Common Stock | ||
| 12-May | Credit | 68,000 |
| 31-Dec | 0 | 0 |
| Retained Earning | ||
| 12-May | Debit | 122,400 |
| 31-Dec | Debit | 68,850 |
| Additional Paid In Capital | ||
| 12-May | Credit | 54,400 |
| 31-Dec | - | - |
| Statement of Retained Eanring | ||
| Beg Balance | $315,000.00 | |
| Stock Dividend | $122,400.00 | |
| Cash Dividend | $68,850.00 | |
| Less: Total Dividend declared & issued | $191,250.00 | |
| Net Income earned during year | $283,000.00 | |
| Ending Balance | $406,750.00 | |