Corporation issued 100,000 shares of $20 par value, cumulative, 8% preferred stock on January 1, 2009, for $2,100,000. In December 2011, AI declared its first dividend of $500,000.
Instructions
(a) Prepare AI's journal entry to record the issuance of the preferred stock.
(b) If the preferred stock is not cumulative, how much of the $500,000 would be paid to common stockholders?
(c) If the preferred stock is cumulative, how much of the $500,000 would be paid to common stockholders?