Bell Company has stock outstanding as follows: Common, $10 par value per share, 140,000 shares; Preferred, 5%; $100 par value per share, 8,000 shares. The Preferred is cumulative and participating up to an additional 3% of par; two years are in arrears (not including the current year); and the total amount of cash dividends declared for both classes of stock is $210,000.

Instructions

Prepare the entry for the dividend declaration, separating the dividend into the common and preferred portions.