Comparative statements of retained earnings for renn-dever


Comparative statements of retained earnings for Renn-Dever Corporation were reported in its 2013 annual report as follows..

 

RENN-DEVER CORPORATION
Statements of Retained Earnings

  For the Years Ended December 31,

2013

2012

2011

  Balance at beginning of year

$

6,737,452

 

$

5,494,552

 

$

5,644,552

 

  Net income (loss)

 

3,208,700

 

 

2,100,900

 

 

(150,000

 

  Deductions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Stock dividend (30,000 shares)

 

210,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Common shares retired (100,000 shares)

 

 

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

 

    Common stock cash dividends (declared and paid)

 

809,950

 

 

658,000

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Balance at end of year

$

8,926,202

 

$

6,737,452

 

$

5,494,552

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2010, common shares consisted of the following:

 

 

  Common stock, 1,700,000 shares at $1 par

$

1,700,000

 

  Paid-in capital-excess of par

 

5,100,000

 

 

Infer from the reports the events and transactions that affected Renn-Dever Corporation's retained earnings during 2011, 2012, and 2013. Prepare the journal entries that reflect those events and transactions. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in whole dollars.)

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