Issuance, Splits, Dividends (Alternate is 10-55.) 1. Lopez Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock, $5 par,

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Issuance, Splits, Dividends (Alternate is 10-55.) 1. Lopez Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock, $5 par, for $36 cash per share on December 31, 20X1. Prepare the journal entry. 2. Lopez Company had retained earnings of $4 million by December 31, 20X5. The board of direc- tors declared a two-for-one stock split and immediately exchanged two $2.50 par shares for each share outstanding. Prepare the journal entry, if any. Present the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet before and after the split. 3. Repeat requirement 2, but assume that instead of exchanging two $2.50 par shares for each share t outstanding, one additional $5 par share was issued for each share outstanding. Lopez said they issued a two-for-one stock split "accounted for as a stock dividend." 4. What journal entries would be made by the investor who bought 2,000 shares of Lopez Company common stock and held this investment throughout the time covered in require- ments 1, 2, and 3?

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Introduction To Financial Accounting

ISBN: 0131479725

9th Edition

Authors: Charles T Horngren, John A Elliott

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