164. The following account balances appear on the balance sheet of Osgood Industries:
Common Stock (300,000 shares authorized, $100 par): $10,000,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par – Common Stock: $2,000,000;
Retained earnings: $45,000,000.
The board of directors declared a 2% stock dividend when the market price of the stock was $135 a
share. Osgood reported no income or loss for the current year.
Required:
Journalize the entries to record
the declaration of the
dividend, capitalizing an
amount equal to market
value; and
the issuance of the stock
certificates.
Determine the following amounts before the stock dividend was declared:
Total retained earnings;
and
Total stockholders’ equity.
Determine the following amounts after the stock dividend was declared and closing
entries were recorded at the end of the year:
Total retained earnings;
and
Total stockholders’ equity.
(1)
(a)
Stock Dividends
270,000*
Stock Dividends Distributable (2,000 ´ $100)
200,000
Common Stock
70,000
*[($10,000,000/$100) ´ $135] ´ 2%
(b)
Stock Dividends Distributable
200,000
Common Stock
200,000
(2)
(a)
$12,000,000 ($10,000,000 +
(b)
$45,000,000
(c)
$57,000,000 ($12,000,000 +
$45,000,000)
(3)
(a)
$12,270,000 ($12,000,000 +
(b)
$44,730,000 ($45,000,000 –
(c)
$57,000,000 ($12,270,000 +