Portrait People, Inc., is authorized to issue 500,000 shares of $4 par common stock. The company issued

Question:

Portrait People, Inc., is authorized to issue 500,000 shares of $4 par common stock. The company issued 74,000 shares at $7 per share, and all 74,000 shares are outstanding. When the market price of common stock was $11 per share, Portrait People, Inc., declared and distributed a 20 percent stock dividend. Later, Portrait People, Inc., declared and paid a $0.60 per share cash dividend.

Requirements

1. Journalize the declaration and distribution of the stock dividend.

2. Journalize the declaration and the payment of the cash dividend?

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