Focus Foot Company reported the following amounts in the stockholders equity section of its December 31, 2013,
Question:
Focus Foot Company reported the following amounts in the stockholders’ equity section of its December 31, 2013, balance sheet.
Preferred stock, 12%, $100 par (100,000 shares
authorized 25,000 shares issued) ..........$2,500,000
Common stock, $1 par (1,000,000 shares authorized,
300,000 shares issued) ............... 300,000
Additional paid-in capital ............. 950,000
Retained earnings ................ 1,365,000
Total .....................$5,115,000
During 2014, Focus Foot took part in the following transactions concerning stockholders’ equity.
1. Paid the annual 2013 dividend on preferred stock and a $0.50 per share dividend on common stock. These dividends had been declared on December 31, 2013.
2. Purchased 1,000 shares of its own outstanding common stock for $8 per share. Focus Foot uses the cost method.
3. Reissued 1,000 treasury shares for land with an appraised value of $9,500. Focus Foot’s common shares were trading for $8.50 per share.
4. Issued 50,000 shares of common stock at $9 per share.
5. Declared and recorded a 2:1 stock split on the outstanding common stock when the stock is selling for $10 per share.
6. Declared the annual 2014 dividend on preferred stock and the $0.50 per share dividend on common stock. These dividends are payable in 2015.
Instructions
(a) Prepare journal entries to record the transactions described above.
(b) Prepare the December 31, 2014, stockholders’ equity section. Assume 2014 net income was $665,000.
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-1118147290
15th edition
Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, and Terry D. Warfield