In: Accounting
On 1 March 2020, Black Ltd was registered and offered 500 000
ordinary shares to the public at an issue price of $6, payable as
follows:
$3 on application
$2 on allotment
$1 on final call
The share issue was successful, and all the allotment money was
received by the due date. The final call was made on 1 November
with money due by 30 November. All money was received on the due
date except for the holder of 15 000 shares who failed to meet the
final call.
On 7 December 2020, as provided for in the constitution, the
directors decided to forfeit these shares. They were reissued, on
15 December 2020, as paid to $6 for $5.6 cash. Costs of forfeiture
and reissue amounted to $4 000 and was paid on the same day. The
balance of the Forfeited Shares account was returned to the former
shareholder on 31 December 2020.
Prepare the journal entries to record the transactions of ABC Ltd for the events outlined above.