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Mastery Problem: Corporations: Organization, Stock Transactions, and Dividends Pranks, Inc. Pranks, Inc. is a manufacturer of joke and novelty products for perpetrators of practical jokes. The corporation has paid several cash dividends throughout Year 6, the current year. It is also declaring a stock dividend to its stockholders as the calendar year-end approaches. You've been brought in as a consultant to assist with this process, and also to help determine whether some missing information can be determined before the distribution of the stock dividend is made. The company has two classes of stock: common stock and cumulative preferred stock. Number of common shares authorized 900,000 Number of common shares issued 750,000 Par value of common shares $20 Par value of cumulative preferred shares $30 Paid-in capital in excess of par-common stock $7,000,000 Paid-in capital in excess of par-preferred stock $0 Total retained earnings before the stock dividend is declared $33,500,000 No treasury share have been reissued. Preferred Dividends Common Dividends Total Cash Year Dividends Total Per Share Total Per Share Year 1 40,000 0.20 40,000 0.00 Year 2 72,000 72,000 0.36 0.00 Year 3 104,000 68,000 0.34 36,000 0.09 120,000 Year 4 60,000 0.3 60,000 0.15 Year 5 132,000 60,000 0.3 72,000 0.18 Year 6 180,000 60,000 0.3 120,000 0.3 Cash Dividends The accounting manager for the company prepared the schedule of cash dividends paid from Year 1 to Year 6 on the Pranks, Inc. panel. However, one of the reasons for Pranks, Inc.'s missing information is that the manager is away on vacation and is unreachable by phone, because he is backpacking on a remote island that does not have cell phone reception. Management would like you to determine some information from the data you've collected regarding its outstanding stock. Fill in the following answers. How many shares of common stock are outstanding? How many shares of preferred stock are outstanding? What is the preferred dividend as a percent of par? Addel or Stock Dividend The company declared a 2% common stock dividend on December 1, and would like you to compute the following pieces of missing information. The market value of the common shares is $26 on December 1, and is $32 on the actual distribution date of the stock, December 31. Fill in the missing information in the following table, using the information given and your work on the other panels. All "before" items are before the stock dividend was declared. All "after" items are after the stock dividend was declared and closing entries were recorded at the end of the year. Total paid-in capital before the stock dividend

Answer 1

Cash Dividends

Shares of common stock outstanding = Total common dividends/Per share common dividend = $36000/$0.09 = 400000

Shares of preferred stock outstanding = Total preferred dividends/Per share preferred dividend = $40000/$0.20 = 200000

Preferred dividend as a percent of par = $0.30/$30 = 1%

Stock Dividend

Total paid-in capital before the stock dividend*	21000000
Total retained earnings before the stock dividend	33500000
Total stockholders' equity before the stock dividend	54500000
Total paid-in capital after the stock dividend**	21208000
Total retained earnings after the stock dividend**	33292000
Total stockholders' equity after the stock dividend	54500000

*Total paid-in capital before the stock dividend = (400000 x $20) + (200000 x $30) + $7000000 = $21000000

**Total paid-in capital after the stock dividend:

Number of shares of stock dividend = 2% x 400000 = 8000

Total paid-in capital after the stock dividend = $21000000 + (8000 x $26) = $21208000

Total retained earnings after the stock dividend = $33500000 - (8000 x $26) = $33292000

Determining Cash Payments to Stockholders

Cash payments to stockholders during the year = $40600 + $150300 - $36500 = $154400

Reporting Issuance and Retirement of Long-Term Debt

Items	Section of Statement of Cash Flows	Added or Deducted	Amount
Retire bonds	Financing activities section	Deducted	84640	($92000 - $7360)
Issue bonds	Financing activities section	Added	257500	($276000 - $18500)
Amortization of discount	Operating activities section, if indirect method used	Added	1590