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Recording and reporting stock transactions and cash dividends across two accounting cycles...

Recording and reporting stock transactions and cash dividends across two accounting cycles

Davis Corporation was authorized to issue 100,000 shares of $10 par common stock and 50,000 shares of $50 par, 6 percent, cumulative preferred stock. Davis Corporation completed the following transactions during its first two years of operation.

2012

 

 

Jan

2

Issued 5,000 shares of $10 par common stock for $28 per

 

15

Issued 1,000 shares of $50 par preferred stock for $70 per share.

Feb

14

Issued 15,000 shares of $10 par common stock for $30 per share.

Dec

31

During the year, earned $170,000 of cash service revenue and paid $110,000 of cash operating expenses.

 

31

Declared the cash dividend on outstanding shares of preferred stock for 2012. The dividend will be paid on January 31 to stockholders of record on January 15, 2013.

2013

 

 

Jan

31

Paid the cash dividend declared on December 31, 2012

Mar

1

Issued 2,000 shares of $50 par preferred stock for $58 per share.

June

 

Purchased 500 shares of common stock as treasury stock at $43 per share.

Dec

31

During the year, earned $210,000 of cash service revenue and paid $175,000 of cash

 

31

Declared the dividend on the preferred stock and a $0.60 per share dividend on the operating expenses

 

 

common stock.

Required

a.Organize the transaction data in accounts under an accounting equation.


b. Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2012.


c. Prepare the balance sheet at December 31, 2013.

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