The Stockholders' Equity category of Rausch Company's balance sheet as of December 31, 2017, appeared as follows:
Question:
The Stockholders' Equity category of Rausch Company's balance sheet as of December 31, 2017, appeared as follows:
Preferred stock, $100 par, 8%, 2,000 shares issued and outstanding ........$ 200,000
Common stock, $10 par, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding.................. 400,000
Additional paid-in capital ....................................................................................500,000
Total contributed capital ................................................................................$1,100,000
Retained earnings ..............................................................................900,000
Total stockholders' equity .................................................................$2,000,000
The notes to the financial statements indicate that dividends were not declared or paid for 2015 or 2016. Rausch wants to declare a dividend of $118,000 for 2017.
Required
Determine the total and the per-share amounts that should be declared to the preferred and common stockholders under the following assumptions:
1. The preferred stock is noncumulative, nonparticipating.
2. The preferred stock is cumulative, nonparticipating.
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Using Financial Accounting Information The Alternative to Debits and Credits
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10th edition
Authors: Gary A. Porter, Curtis L. Norton