Dividends for Preferred and Common Stock The Stockholders Equity category of Rausch Companys balance sheet as of
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Dividends for Preferred and Common Stock The Stockholders’ Equity category of Rausch Company’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2010, appeared as follows:
Preferred stock, $100 par, 8%, 2,000 shares issued and outstanding $ 200,000 Common stock, $10 par, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding 400,000 Additional paid-in capital 500,000 Total contributed capital $1,100,000 Retained earnings 900,000 Total stockholders’ equity $2,000,000 The notes to the fi nancial statements indicate that dividends were not declared or paid for 2008 or 2009. Rausch wants to declare a dividend of $118,000 for 2010.
Required Determine the total and the per-share amounts that should be declared to the preferred and common stockholders under the following assumptions:
1. The preferred stock is noncumulative, nonparticipating.
2. The preferred stock is cumulative, nonparticipating.
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Using Financial Accounting Information The Alternative To Debits And Credits
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