Cash Dividends Sanders Corporation has the following shares outstanding: 3,000 shares of $50 par value, 2% preferred stock and 20,000 shares of $1 par value common stock. The company has $590,400 of retained earnings. At year-end, the company declares its regular $1.00 per share cash dividend on the preferred stock and a $3.96 per share cash dividend on the common stock. Three weeks later, the company pays the dividends. a. Determine the financial statement effect of the declaration of the cash dividends. b. Determine the financial statement effect of the payment of the cash dividends a. b. Balance Sheet Assets 0 0 Check = Liabilities + 23,000 x Equity 23,000 x 0 0 Income Statement Revenues Expenses = Net Income 0 0 0 0 0