Question 1:

Northwestern Corporation, a private company, is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares and 500,000, $5 cumulative preferred shares. It began operations on January 1, 2023, and the following occurred in 2023:

Jan 1 Issued 5,000 common shares for $50,000 cash.

Jan 2 Issued 1,000 preferred shares for $72.50 per share. Dec 10 Declared a total of $17,000 in dividends, payable on January 3, 2024 to shareholders of record on December 23, 2023.

The following information is also available with respect to the company operations during the year 2023:

1. Collected $276,000 cash for consulting revenue earned.
2. Paid $167,000 salaries expense; $48,000 rent expense; and $11,000 office expense.
3. Purchase equipment for $150,000 cash.
4. At December 31, the following adjustments were required:
   1. Depreciation on the equipment, $15,000.
   2. Consulting revenue earned but not yet invoiced, $25,000
   3. Accrued salaries expense, $4,500
   4. Income tax rate, 15%. No instalments were paid during the year.
5. Northwestern has elected to prepare its financial statements under ASPE.

Required:

1. Record the share issue and dividend transactions. For the December 10 transaction, be sure to record dividends payable to preferred shareholders separate from dividends payable to common shareholders.
2. Prepare an income statement, statement of retained earnings, and the shareholders equity section of the balance sheet