Describe the journal entry for a stock dividend on a common stock (which has a par value)

Describe the journal entry for a stock dividend on a common stock (which has a par value).

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In order to encourage employee ownership of the company's $1 par common shares, Washington Distribution permits any of its employees

E 19-9 Employee share purchase plan

In order to encourage employee ownership of the company's $1 par common shares, Washington Distribution permits any of its employees to buy shares directly from the company through payroll deduction. There are no brokerage fees and shares can be purchased at a 15% discount. During March, employees purchased 50,000 shares at a time when the market price of the shares on the New York Stock Exchange was $12 per share.

Required:
Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the March purchases of shares under the employee share purchase plan.

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On January 1, 2011, VKI Corporation awarded 12 million of its $1 par common shares to key personnel, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within three years

E 19-2 Restricted stock award plan

On January 1, 2011, VKI Corporation awarded 12 million of its $1 par common shares to key personnel, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within three years. On the grant date, the shares have a market price of $2.50 per share.

Required:
1. Determine the total compensation cost pertaining to the restricted shares.
2. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the award of restricted shares on January 1, 2011.
3. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record compensation expense on December 31, 2011.
4. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record compensation expense on December 31, 2012.
5. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record compensation expense on December 31, 2013.
6. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the lifting of restrictions on the shares at December 31, 2013.

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On July 1, a city issued, at par, $100 million in percent, twenty year general obligation bonds

6-7 On July 1, a city issued, at par, $100 million in percent, twenty year general obligation bonds. It established a debt service fund to account for resources set aside to pay interest rates. In the year that it issued the debt, the city engaged in the following transactions involving the debt service fund.

1. It estimated that it would make interest payments of $3 million and have interest earnings of $30,000 from investments. It would transfer from the general fund to the debt service fund$2.97 million to pay interest and $500,000 to provide for the payment of principal when the bonds mature. Further, as required by the bond indentures, it would transfer $1 million of the bond proceeds from the capital projects fund to the debt service fund to be held in reserve until the debt matures.
2. Upon issuing the bonds, the city transferred $1 million of the bond proceeds from the capital projects fund. It invested $977,254 of the funds in twenty – year, 6 percent Treasury bonds that had a face value of $1 million. The bond discount of $22,746 reflected an effective yield rate of 6.2 percent.
3. On December 31, the city received $30,000 interest on the Treasury bonds. This payment represented interest for six months. Correspondingly, the market value of the bonds increased by $294, reflecting the amortization of the discount.
4. On the same day the city transferred $2.97 million from the general fund to pay interest on the bonds that it had issued. It also transferred $500,000 for the eventual repayment of principal.
5. Also on December 31, it made its first interest payment of $3 million to bondholders.

a. Prepare appropriate journal entries in the debt service fund, including budgetary and closing entries.
b. The bonds issued by the city pay interest at the rate of 6 percent. The bonds in which the city invested its reserve have an effective yield of 6.2 percent. What might the differences in rates create a potential liability for the city?


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Vargas Corporation is authorized to issue 20,000 shares of $50 par value

Vargas Corporation is authorized to issue 20,000 shares of $50 par value, 10% Preferred stock and 125,000 shares of $3 par value common stock. On January 1, 2010, the ledger contained the following stockholders' equity balances.

Preferred Stock (10,000 shares) $500,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par Value-Preferred 75,000
Common Stock (70,000 shares) 210,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par Value-Common 700,000
Retained Earnings 300,000

During 2010, the following transactions occurred.

Feb. 1 Issued 2,000 shares of preferred stock for land having a fair market value of $125,000.
Mar. 1 Issued 1,000 shares of preferred stock for cash at $65 per share.
July 1 Issued 16,000 shares of common stock for cash at $7 per share.
Sept. 1 Issued 400 shares of preferred stock for a patent. The asking price of the patent was $30,000. Market values were preferred stock $70 and patent indeterminable.
Dec. 1 Issued 8,000 shares of common stock for cash at $7.50 per share.
Dec. 31 Net income for the year was $260,000. No dividends were declared.

Instructions
(a) Journalize the transactions and the closing entry for net income.
(b) Enter the beginning balances in the accounts, and post the journal entries to the stockholders’ equity accounts. (Use J2 for the posting reference.)
(c) Prepare a stockholders’ equity section at December 31, 2010.


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Fashionista Skincare has 10,000 shares of 3%, $20 par value preferred stock and 90,000 shares $2 par common stock outstanding

P12-32A Computing dividends on preferred and common stock.

Fashionista Skincare has 10,000 shares of 3%, $20 par value preferred stock and 90,000 shares $2 par common stock outstanding. During a three-year period, Fashionista declared and paid cash dividends as follows: 2010, $3,000; 2011, $13,000; and 2012, $17,000.

Requirements:
Compute the total dividends to preferred and to common for each of the three years if
a. preferred is noncumulative.
b. referred is cumulative,
For requirement 1.b., journalize the declaration of the 2012 dividends on December 22, 2012, and payment on January 14,2013. Use separate Dividends payable accounts for preferred and common.


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On October 1, 2010, Noller Company issued $3,000,000 par value, 10%, 10-year bonds dated July 1, 2010, with interest payable semiannually on January 1 and July 1

On October 1, 2010, Noller Company issued $3,000,000 par value, 10%, 10-year bonds dated July 1, 2010, with interest payable semiannually on January 1 and July 1. The bonds are issued at $3,406,500 (to yield 8%) plus accrued interest. The effective interest method is used.

(a) Prepare the journal entry at the date the bonds are issued.
(c) Prepare the entry for the interest payment on January 1, 2011.
(b) Prepare the adjusting entry at December 31, 2010, the end of the fiscal year.


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Davis Corporation was authorized to issue 100,000 shares of $10 par common stock and 50,000 shares of $50 par, 6 percent, cumulative preferred stock

Problem 8-18 (Recording and reporting stock transactions and cash dividends across two accounting cycles) Davis Corporation was authorized to issue 100,000 shares of $ 10 par common stock and 50,000 shares of $ 50 par, 6 percent, cumulative preferred stock. Davis Corporation completed the following transactions during its first two years of operation.
2012 Jan.
2 Issued 5,000 shares of $ 10 par common stock for $ 28 per share.
15 Issued 1,000 shares of $ 50 par preferred stock for $ 70 per share.
Feb. 14 Issued 15,000 shares of $ 10 par common stock for $ 30 per share.
Dec.
31 During the year, earned $ 170,000 of cash service revenue and paid $ 110,000 of cash operating expenses.
31 Declared the cash dividend on outstanding shares of preferred stock for 2012. The dividend will be paid on January 31 to stockholders of record on January 15, 2013.
2013 Jan. 31 Paid the cash dividend declared on December 31, 2012.
Mar. 1 Issued 2,000 shares of $ 50 par preferred stock for $ 58 per share.
June 1 Purchased 500 shares of common stock as treasury stock at $ 43 per share. Dec. 31 During the year, earned $ 210,000 of cash service revenue and paid $ 175,000 of cash operating expenses.
31 Declared the dividend on the preferred stock and a $ 0.60 per share dividend on the common stock.

Required
a. Organize the transaction data in accounts under an accounting equation.
b. Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2012.
c. Prepare the balance sheet at December 31, 2013.

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On January 1, Neuer Company issued $500,000, 10%, 10-year bonds at par

E10-10 On January 1, Neuer Company issued $500,000, 10%, 10-year bonds at par. Interest is payable semiannually on July 1 and January 1.

Instructions:
Prepare journal entries to record the following.
a. The issuance of the bonds.
b. The payment of interest on July 1, assuming that interest was not accrued on June 30.
c. The accrual of interest on December 31.

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