chapter 14-q2 financial accounting

Before preparing financial statements for the current year, the chief accountant for Carla Vista Ltd. provided the following information regarding the accounting for dividends and stock splits: 1. Carla Vista has 22,800,$4 noncumulative preferred shares issued. It paid the preferred shareholders the quarterly dividend, and recorded it as a debit to Dividends Expense and a credit to Cash. 2. A 5% stock dividend ( 1,000 shares) was declared on the common shares when the fair value per share was $12. To record the declaration, Retained Earnings was debited and Dividends Payable was credited. The shares have not been issued yet. 3. The company declared a 2 -for-1 stock split on its 22,800,$4 noncumulative preferred shares. The average per share amount of the preferred shares before the split was $70, The split was recorded as a debit to Retained Earnings of $1,596,000 and a credit to Preferred Shares of $1,596,000. Determine if each of the above transactions was recorded correctly and, if not, prepare the correct entry. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. List all debit entries before credit entries.) No. Date Account Titles Debit Credit 1. Dec. Retained Earnings Dividends Payable 2. Dec. Commonshares Cash Oividends. Common 3. Dec, Notniry NoEntry eTextbook and Media