Cash Dividends on Common Stock

Required:

Prepare the journal entries to record the declaration of the two cash dividends. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

Prepare the journal entries to record the payment of the two dividends. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

Apr. $1$

$2$

$?$

Oct. $1$

$?$

Conceptual Connection: Explain why the amounts of the two dividends are different.

due to the purchase of treasury stock on July $2.$