Journalize the transactions - prepare the paid-in capital


Question 1

DeLong Corporation was organized on January 1, 2015. It is authorized to issue 14,700 shares of 8%, $100 par value preferred stock, and 495,200 shares of no-par common stock with a stated value of $2 per share. The following stock transactions were completed during the first year.

Jan. 10 Issued 76,100 shares of common stock for cash at $4 per share. Mar. 1 Issued 4,800 shares of preferred stock for cash at $110 per share.

Apr. 1 Issued 23,100 shares of common stock for land. The asking price of the land was $91,200. The fair value of the land was
$83,400.

May 1 Issued 78,500 shares of common stock for cash at $4.48 per share.
Aug. 1 Issued 10,200 shares of common stock to attorneys in payment of their bill of $36,200 for services performed in helping the company organize.

Sept. 1 Issued 11,500 shares of common stock for cash at $6 per share. Nov. 1 Issued 2,640 shares of preferred stock for cash at $114 per share.

Journalize the transactions.
Prepare the paid-in capital section of stockholders' equity at December 31, 2015.

Question 2

On January 1, 2015, Geffrey Corporation had the following stockholders' equity accounts.

Common Stock ($20 par value, 65,000 shares issued and outstanding)                    $1,300,000

Paid-in Capital In Excess of Par-Common Stock                                                          190,900

Retained Earnings                                                                                                     595,700

During the year, the following transactions occurred.

Feb. 1 Declared a $3 cash dividend per share to stockholders of record on February 15, payable March 1.

Mar. 1 Paid the dividend declared in February.

Apr. 1 Announced a 2-for-1 stock split. Prior to the split, the market price per share was $40.

July 1 Declared a 14% stock dividend to stockholders of record on July 15, distributable July 31. On July 1, the market price of the stock was $14 per share.

31 Issued the shares for the stock dividend.

Dec. 1 Declared a $0.50 per share dividend to stockholders of record on December 15, payable January 5, 2016. 31 Determined that net income for the year was $328,000.

Journalize the transactions and the dosing entries for net income and dividends.

Enter the beginning balances, and post the entries to the stockholders' equity accounts. (Note: Open additional stockholders' equity accounts as needed.) (Post entries in the order of Journal entries presented in the previous part.)

Prepare a stockholders' equity section at December 31.

Question 3

The following stockholders' equity accounts arranged alphabetically are in the ledger of Westin Corporation at December 31, 2015.

Prepare a stockholders' equity section at December 31, 2015.

Common Stock ($11 stated value)

$1,552,100

Paid-in Capital from Treasury Stock

6,050

Paid-in Capital in Excess of Stated Value-Common Stock

665,600

Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par-Preferred Stock

306,100

Preferred Stock (8%, $105 par, noncumulative)

393,750

Retained Earnings

793,100

Treasury Stock-Common (7,030 shares)

91,390

Compute the book value per share of the common stock, assuming the preferred stock has a call price of $114 per share.

The book value per share of the common stock

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