AIM Inc. showed the following equity account balances on the December 31, 2019, balance sheet:

Common shares, unlimited authorized shares,640,000 shares issued and outstanding ................................................. $5,760,000Retained earnings ........................................................................................ 2,130,000

During 2020, the following selected transactions occurred:

Required

a. Journalize the transactions above (assuming the retirements were the first ever recorded by AIM Inc.).

b. Prepare the equity section on the December 31, 2020, balance sheet.

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Repurchased and retired 168,000 common shares at $10.00 per share; this is the first retirement recorded Feb. 10 by AIM. Declared a 2:1 share split to shareholders of record on June 1, distributable June 15. May 15 Declared a 10% share dividend to shareholders of record on December 10, distributable December 20. The market prices of the shares on December 1, December 10, and December 20 were $7.00 $6.76, and $6.90, Dec. respectively. Distributed the share dividend declared December 1. 20 Closed the credit balance of $996,000 in the Income Summary account. 31