Question

Bridgeport Corporation showed the following information on its financial statements on December 31, 2021: Preferred Shares, no par value $6 cumulative, 460,000 shares authorized, 200.000 shares issued and outstanding Common Shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized 450.000 shares issued and outstanding $42,000,000 $12.150.000 The following transactions occurred in the order given, during 2022: (a) April 15: Received subscriptions and down payments for 108,000 common shares at $36 per share. The subscription contracts call for 65% of the subscription price to be paid upon receipt, and the remaining 35% to be paid on June 30. In the event of default on the subscriptions, the company will retain the down payment. (b) May 1: Issued 150.000 preferred shares at $265 per share. (c) June 30: Received payment for 93,000 of the subscribed common shares: the remaining 15.000 defaulted. Issued the share certificates for the appropriate number of shares. (d) August 5: Repurchased and cancelled 10,000 common shares at a cost of $20 per share. (e) September 15: Declared dividends for preferred shares (dividends had not been paid the previous year). Also declared $2.40 per share dividend for common shares. Both dividends are to be paid on November 1 to shareholders of record on October 1. (f) If the preferred shares had a $210 par value, what would be the journal entry for the May 1 issuance of preferred shares in part (b)? Prepare the journal entries to record the above transactions for Bridgeport Corporation for 2022. (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 O for the amounts. Round average share price to 2 decimal places for intermediate calculations, e-g. 52.75 and final answer to O decimal places, eg. 5,275.)

Answer 1

Journal entries:
						Calculations
Serial No.	Date	Accounts Title	Debit $	Credit $
a	15-Apr-22	Cash	2527200			(3888000*65%)
		Subscription receivable	1360800			(3888000*35%)
		Share Capital		3888000		(108000*36)
		(share capital made due for 108000 shares @ 36)
b	1-May-22	Cash	39750000			(150000*265)
		Preferred shares		39750000
		(150000 preferred shares issued @265)
c	30-Jun-22	Cash	1171800			(1360800*93/108)
		Share Capital	540000			(3888000*15/108)
		Subscription receivable		1360800
		Share forfeiture		351000		(2527200*15/108)
		(Subscription due received except 15000 shares
		and down payments on defaulters forfeited)
	30-Jun-22	Share Capital	3348000			(3888000*93/108)
		Common shares		3348000
		(fully paid shareholders are issued certificates)
d	5-Aug-22	Common Shares	200000			(10000*20)
		Cash		200000		(10000*20)
		(10000 shares repurchased and cancelled)
e	15-Sep-22	Dividend	1279200			(450000+93000-10000)*2.4
		Preferred Dividend	6420000			(460000*6*2)+(150000*6)
		Dividend payable		1279200
		Preferred dividend payable		6420000
		(dividend declared on preferred and common shares)
f	1-May-22	Cash	39750000			(150000*265)
		Preferred shares		31500000		(150000*210)
		Additional paid in Capital		8250000		(150000*55)
		(150000 preferred shares with Par 210 issued @265)