On June 1 (date of declaration), the company's board of directors announces the intention to pay a $0.50 per share dividend on the 1,000,000 outstanding shares of common stock to the stockholders of record on June 15. The payment date for the cash dividend is June 30. What account and amount would we credit when we record the journal entry on the date of record?
a) dividends, $500,000
b) dividends payable, $500,000
c) cash, $500,000
d) no entry required
During the year, we made a payment of long-term notes payable of $45,000 and borrowed $20,000 on a long-term note payable. Which of the following is correct for our statement of cash flows?
a) Net cash used for financing activities is ($25,000).
b) Net cash provided by investing activities is $25,000.
c) Net cash provided by financing activities is $25,000.
d) Net cash used for financing activities is ($45,000)
On June 15th no entry is required to be passed. Entries are passed only on June 1 in June 30.
No entry required
Option d)
Borrowing are part of financing activity.
= $20,000 - $45,000
= $25,000 (Cash paid is more than cash borrowed)
Net cash used for financing activities is ($25,000)
Option a)
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On September 15, 2020, the Board of Directors of Tamarisk
Company declared a 90¢ per share cash dividend, payable on October
31 to shareholders of record as of October 1. On the date of
declaration, Tamarisk Company had 205,000 common shares
outstanding, of which 27,000 were held in Treasury. On October 15,
2020, the company issued an additional 60,000 common shares for
$6.00 each.
Prepare all the required journal entries to record these
transactions. (Credit account titles are automatically
indented...
required journal entries:
1. record the declaration of cash dividends.
2. record the entry on the date of record.
3. Record the payment of cash dividends.
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Pacifica Papers Inc. needed to conserve cash, so instead of a
cash dividend the board of directors declared a 5% common share
dividend on June 30, 2020, distributable on July 15, 2020. Because
performance during 2020 was better than expected, the company’s
board of directors declared a $0.95 per share cash dividend on
November 15, 2020, payable on December 1, 2020, to shareholders of
record on November 30, 2020. The equity section of Pacifica’s
December 31, 2019, balance sheet showed:...
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