Major League Apparel has two classes of stock authorized: 6%, $10 par preferred, and $1 par value common. The following transactions affect stockholders' equity during 2021, its first year of operations:

January2Issue 110,000 shares of common stock for $70 per share.February14Issue 60,000 shares of preferred stock for $12 per share.May8Purchase 11,000 shares of its own common stock for $60 per share.May31Resell 5,500 shares of treasury stock for $65 per share.December1Declare a cash dividend on its common stock of $0.25 per share and a $36,000 (6% of par value) cash dividend on its preferred stock payable to all stockholders of record on December 15. The dividend is payable on December 30.(Hint:Dividends are not paid on treasury stock.)December30Pay the cash dividends declared on December 1.

QUESTION:

Record the declaration of a cash dividend on its common stock of $0.25 per share and a $36,000 (6% of par value) cash dividend on its preferred stock payable to all stockholders. The dividend is payable on December 30. (Hint: Dividends are not paid on treasury stock.)