Preferred stock outstanding carries a cumulative dividend


Parkway Corporation has $200,000 of 6%, preferred stock outstanding which carries a cumulative dividend preference. Parkway also has 10,000 shares of $1 par value common stock outstanding. In the company's first year of operations, no dividends were paid. During the second year, Parkway paid cash dividends of $18,000. The dividend should be distributed as follows:

a) $12,000 preferred; $6,000 common.

b) $8,000 preferred; $10,000 common.

c) $0 preferred; $18,000 common.

d) $18,000 preferred; $0 common.

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Accounting Basics: Preferred stock outstanding carries a cumulative dividend
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