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Question

Journalizing stock issuance and cash dividends and preparing the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet

D-Mobile Wireless needed additional capital to expand, so the business incorporated. The charter from the state of Georgia authorizes D-Mobile to issue 50,000 shares of 8%, \(50 par value cumulative preferred stock and 160,000 shares of \)4 par value common stock. During the first month, D-Mobile completed the following transactions:

Oct. 2 Issued 19,000 shares of common stock for a building with a market value of \(240,000.

6 Issued 600 shares of preferred stock for \)140 per share.

9 Issued 11,000 shares of common stock for cash of \(55,000.

10 Declared a \)19,000 cash dividend for stockholders of record on Oct. 20. Use a separate Dividends Payable account for preferred and common stock.

25 Paid the cash dividend.

Requirements

  1. Record the transactions in the general journal.
  2.  Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of D-Mobile’s balance sheet at October 31, 2018. Assume D-Mobile’s net income for the month was $94,000.

Step-by-Step Solution

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Answer
  1. The debit and credit side of the journal totaled $417,000.
  2. The total stockholders' equity of the company is $454,000at the end of the year.
1Step 1: Meaning of Journal

Journal is a recording of all the business transactions in a systematic manner in a proper format.

2Step 2: Journals

 

Date

Transaction

Debit

Credit

Oct 2

Building 

$240,000

 

 

Common stock 

 

$76,000

 

Paid-in capital in excess of par-Common

 

$164,000

 

(To record issued common stock in exchange of building)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 6

Cash 

$84,000

 

 

Preferred stock 

 

$30,000

 

Paid-in capital in excess of par

 

$54,000

 

(To record issue of preferred stock)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 9

Cash

$55,000

 

 

Common stock 

 

$44,000

 

Paid-in capital in excess of par

 

$11,000

 

(To record issue of common stock)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 10

Retained earnings

$19,000

 

 

Preferred stock dividend Payable 

 

$2,400

 

Common stock dividend Payable

 

$16,600

 

(To record dividend declared)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 25

Preferred stock dividend Payable

$2,400

 

 

Common stock dividend Payable

$16,600

 

 

Cash

 

$19,000

 

(To record dividend paid)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3Step 3: Balance Sheet (Partial)

 

Balance Sheet ( Partial) Dec 31

Particulars

Amount ($)

Stockholder equity:


Preferred stock

$30,000

Add: Paid-in capital-Preferred stock

$54,000

Common stock

$120,000

Add: Paid-in capital-Common stock

$175,000

Total paid in capital

$379,000

Add: Retained earnings

$75,000

Total stockholders' equity

$454,000

 

Working note:

Preferred stock  600×$50

Paid-in capital-Preferred stock $84,000-$30,000

Common stock $76,000+$44,000

Paid-in capital-Common stock $164,000+$11,000

Retained earnings $94,000-$19,000