The following elements of shareholders equity are adapted from the balance sheet of Sacchetti Corporation. Shareholders Equity$

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The following elements of shareholders’ equity are adapted from the balance sheet of Sacchetti Corporation.
Shareholders’
Equity$ Thousands

Preferred Shares, cumulative, $0.75, 45,000 shares issued and outstanding$ ..225

Common Shares, 8,750,000 shares issued and outstanding........875

Sacchetti Corporation paid no preferred dividends in 2014 but paid the designated amount of cash dividends per share to preferred shareholders in all prior years.

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Compute the dividends to preferred and common shareholders for 2015 if total dividends are $185,000.

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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0132889711

1st Canadian Edition

Authors: Jeffrey Waybright, Liang Hsuan Chen, Rhonda Pyper

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