How do I journalize this problem :Selected transactions completed by Equinox Products Inc. during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, were as follows: a. Issued 15,000 shares of $20 par common stock at $30, receiving cash. b. Issued 4,000 shares of $80 par preferred 5% stock at $100, receiving cash. c. Issued $500,000 of 10-year, 5% bonds at 104, with interest payable semiannually. d. Declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share on common stock and $1.00 per share on preferred stock. On the date of record, 100,000 shares of common stock were outstanding, no treasury shares were held, and 20,000 shares of preferred stock were outstanding. e. Paid the cash dividends declared in (d). f. Purchased 7,500 shares of Solstice Corp. at $40 per share, plus a $150 brokerage commission. The investment is classified as an available-for-sale investment. g. Purchased 8,000 shares of treasury common stock at $33 per share. h. Purchased 40,000 shares of Pinkberry Co. stock directly from the founders for $24 per share. Pinkberry has 125,000 shares issued and outstanding. Equinox Products Inc. treated the investment as an equity method investment. i. Declared a $1.00 quarterly cash dividend per share on preferred stock. On the date of record, 20,000 shares of preferred stock had been issued. j. Paid the cash dividends to the preferred stockholders. k. Received $27,500 dividend from Pinkberry Co. investment in (h). l. Purchased $90,000 of Dream Inc. 10-year, 5% bonds, directly from the issuing company, at their face amount plus accrued interest of $375. The bonds are classified as a heldto maturity long-term investment. m. Sold, at $38 per share, 2,600 shares of treasury common stock purchased in (g). n. Received a dividend of $0.60 per share from the Solstice Corp. investment in (f). o. Sold 1,000 shares of Solstice Corp. at $45, including commission. p. Recorded the payment of semiannual interest on the bonds issued in (c) and the amortization of the premium for six months. The amortization is determined using the straight-line method. q. Accrued interest for three months on the Dream Inc. bonds purchased in (l). r. Pinkberry Co. recorded total earnings of $240,000. Equinox Products recorded equity earnings for its share of Pinkberry Co. net income. s. The fair value for Solstice Corp. stock was $39.02 per share on December 31, 2014. The investment is adjusted to fair value, using a valuation allowance account. Assume Valuation Allowance for Available-for-Sale Investments had a beginning balance of zero. Instructions 1. Journalize the selected transactions. 2. After all of the transactions for the year ended December 31, 2014, had been posted [including the transactions recorded in part (1) and all adjusting entries], the data below and on the following page were taken from the records of Equinox Products Inc. a. Prepare a multiple-step income statement for the year ended December 31, 2014, concluding with earnings per share. In computing earnings per share, assume that the average number of common shares outstanding was 100,000 and preferred dividends were $100,000. (Round earnings per share to the nearest cent.) b. Prepare a retained earnings statement for the year ended December 31, 2014. c. Prepare a balance sheet in report form as of December 31, 2014. Income statement data: Advertising expense $ 150,000 Cost of merchandise sold.3,700,000 Delivery expense .30,000 Depreciation expenseoffice buildings and equipment..30,000 Depreciation expensestore buildings and equipment ...100,000 Dividend revenue4,500 Gain on sale of investment..4,980 Income from Pinkberry Co. investment...76,800 Income tax expense..140,500 Interest expense21,000 Interest revenue.2,720 Miscellaneous administrative expense...7,500 Miscellaneous selling expense14,000 Office rent expense.50,000 Office salaries expense.170,000 Office supplies expense10,000 Sales.5,254,000 Sales commissions185,000 Sales salaries expense..385,000 Store supplies expense.21,000 Retained earnings and balance sheet data: Accounts payable $ 194,300 Accounts receivable.545,000 Accumulated depreciationoffice buildings and equipment1,580,000 Accumulated depreciationstore buildings and equipment 4,126,000 Allowance for doubtful accounts8,450 Available-for-sale investments (at cost) .260,130 Bonds payable, 5%, due 2022.500,000 Cash .246,000 Common stock, $20 par (400,000 shares authorized; 100,000 shares issued, 94,600 outstanding) 2,000,000 Dividends: Cash dividends for common stock155,120 Cash dividends for preferred stock.100,000 Stock dividends for common stock 66,240 Goodwill .500,000 Income tax payable .44,000 Interest receivable 1,125 Investment in Pinkberry Co. stock (equity method)1,009,300 Investment in Dream Inc. bonds (long term) ..90,000 Merchandise inventory (December 31, 2014), at lower of cost (FIFO) or market..$ 778,000 Office buildings and equipment4,320,000 Paid-in capital from sale of treasury stock13,000 Excess of issue price over parcommon stock886,800 Excess of issue price over parpreferred stock150,000 Preferred 5% stock, $80 par (30,000 shares authorized; 20,000 shares issued) .1,600,000 Premium on bonds payable19,000 Prepaid expenses27,400 Retained earnings, January 1, 20149,319,725 Store buildings and equipment.12,560,000 Treasury stock (5,400 shares of common stock at cost of $33 per share) ..178,200 Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale investments..(6,500) Valuation allowance for available-for-sale investments (6,500)