What accounts are affected by the declaration and distribution of a stock dividend? What is the effect

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What accounts are affected by the declaration and distribution of a stock dividend? What is the effect of a stock dividend on
a. Total Shareholders’ Equity?
b. Total Assets?
c. Total Liabilities?
d. Cash?
Distribution
The word "distribution" has several meanings in the financial world, most of them pertaining to the payment of assets from a fund, account, or individual security to an investor or beneficiary. Retirement account distributions are among the most...
Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 9780136060482

1st Edition

Authors: Jeffrey Waybright, Robert Kemp

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