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Riverbed Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of $5 cumulative preferred shares and an unlimited number of common shares. On February 1, 2020,

Riverbed Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of $5 cumulative preferred shares and an unlimited number of common shares. On February 1, 2020, the general ledger contained the following shareholders' equity accounts:

Preferred shares (10,000 shares issued) $460,000
Common shares (72,000 shares issued) 1,224,000
Retained earnings 799,000

The following equity transactions occurred during the year ended January 31, 2021:

Feb. 28 Issued 5,500 preferred shares for $319,000.
Apr. 12 Issued 210,000 common shares for $3.78 million.
May 25 Issued 5,500 common shares in exchange for land. At the time of the exchange, the land was valued at $93,500.
Jan. 1 Paid dividend of $2.50 per share to preferred shareholders.
Jan. 31 A loss of $43,000 was incurred for the year.

(a)

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Journalize the transactions and the entries to close dividends and the Income Summary account. (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. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem.)

Date

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

Feb. 28Apr. 12May 25Jan. 1Jan. 31

(To record issuance of shares.)

Feb. 28Apr. 12May 25Jan. 1Jan. 31

(To record issuance of shares.)

Feb. 28Apr. 12May 25Jan. 1Jan. 31

(To record issuance of shares.)

Feb. 28Apr. 12May 25Jan. 1Jan. 31

(To record declaration and payment of dividend.)

Feb. 28Apr. 12May 25Jan. 1Jan. 31

(To close Income Summary.)

Feb. 28Apr. 12May 25Jan. 1Jan. 31

(To close dividends.)

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(b)

Open general ledger accounts for the shareholders' equity accounts and post entries from previous part. (Post entries in the order of Journal entry presented in the previous part (a).)

Preferred Shares

Date

Explanation

Ref.

Debit

Credit

Balance

Feb. 1

Balance

Feb. 28

J1

Common Shares

Date

Explanation

Ref.

Debit

Credit

Balance

Feb. 1

Balance

Apr. 12

J1

May 25

J1

Cash DividendsPreferred

Date

Explanation

Ref.

Debit

Credit

Balance

Jan. 1

J1

Jan. 31

Closing entry

J1

Retained Earnings

Date

Explanation

Ref.

Debit

Credit

Balance

Feb. 1

Balance

Jan. 31

Closing Entry

J1

Jan. 31

Closing Entry

J1

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