Northwest Territories Inc. has the following shareholders' equity information: Northwest's incorporation authorizes the company to issue (10,000
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Northwest Territories Inc. has the following shareholders' equity information:
Northwest's incorporation authorizes the company to issue \(10,000 \$ 5\) cumulative preferred shares and 400,000 common shares. The company issued 1,000 preferred shares at \(\$ 100\) per share. It issued 100,000 common shares for a total of \(\$ 370,000\). The company's Retained Earnings balance at the beginning of 2020 was \(\$ 40,000\), and net income for the year was \(\$ 90,000\). During 2020, Northwest declared the specified dividend on preferred shares and a \(\$ 0.50\) per-share dividend on common shares. Preferred dividends for 2019 were in arrears.
{Requirement}
Prepare the shareholders' equity section of Northwest Territories Inc.'s balance sheet at December 31, 2020. Show the computation of all amounts. Journal entries are not required.
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Financial Accounting
ISBN: 9780135433065
7th Canadian Edition
Authors: Walter Harrison, Wendy Tietz, C. Thomas, Greg Berberich, Catherine Seguin