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Financial Accounting and Reporting 2 Corporation: Universal College of Paranaque Inc
Financial Accounting and Reporting 2 Corporation: Universal College of Paranaque Inc
Financial Accounting and Reporting 2 Corporation: Universal College of Paranaque Inc
AND REPORTING 2
CORPORATION
1. The company is granted a charter that authorizes issuance of 15,000 shares of $100 par value
preferred stock and 40,000 shares of no-par common stock.
2. 8,000 shares of common stock are issued to the founders of the corporation for land valued by the
board of directors at $300,000. The board establishes a stated value of $10 a share for the common
stock.
3. 5,000 shares of preferred stock are sold for cash at $110 per share.
4. The company issues 100 shares of common stock to its attorneys for costs associated with starting the
company. At that time, the common stock was selling at $60 per share.
Instructions Prepare the general journal entries necessary to record these transactions.
Werner Corporation has the following stockholders' equity accounts on January 1, 2008:
Common Stock, $10 par value ............................................ $1,500,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par ........................................... 200,000
Retained Earnings................................................................ 500,000
Total Stockholders' Equity .............................................. $2,200,000
The company uses the cost method to account for treasury stock transactions. During 2008, the following
treasury stock transactions occurred:
The stockholders' equity section of Lemay Corporation shows the following on December 31, 2013:
Instructions Assuming that all of the company's retained earnings are to be paid out in dividends on
12/31/13 and that preferred dividends were last paid on 12/31/11, show how much the preferred and
common stockholders should receive if the preferred stock is cumulative and fully participating.