Pratt Corp. started the accounting period with $30,000 of assets, $12,000 of liabilities, and $5,000 of retained
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Pratt Corp. started the accounting period with $30,000 of assets, $12,000 of liabilities, and $5,000 of retained earnings. During the period, the Retained Earnings account increased by $7,550. The bookkeeper reported that Pratt paid cash expenses of $26,000 and paid a $2,000 cash dividend to stockholders, but she could not find a record of the amount of cash that Pratt received for performing services. Pratt also paid $3,000 cash to reduce the liability owed to a bank, and the business acquired $4,000 of additional cash from the issue of common stock.
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a. Prepare an income statement, statement of changes in stockholders’ equity, period-end balance sheet, and statement of cash flows for the 2016 accounting period.
b. Determine the percentage of total assets that were provided by creditors, investors, and earnings.
c. Determine the balance in the Revenue, Expense, and Dividends accounts as of January 1, 2017.
DividendA 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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Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts
ISBN: 978-0078025907
9th edition
Authors: Thomas Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds