Prepare journal entries for the transactions listed


Preferred stock($100 par value, 5% non cumulative, 50,000 shares authorized, 10,000 shares issued & outstanding)....$1,000,000

Common stock ($10 par value, 200,000 shares authorized 100,000 shares issued & outstanding).... $ 1,000,000

Paid-in Capital in Excess of par, Common.......150,000

Retained Earnings 700,000

Jan 1 xyz declared 5% stock dividend on its common stock when the market value of the common stock was $15 per share. Stock dividends were distributed on Jan 31 to shareholders as of Jan 25.

Feb 15 xyz reacquired 1,000 shares of common stock for $20 each

Mar 31 xyz reissue 250 shares of treasury stock for $25 each

July 1 xyz reissued 500 shares of treasury stock for $16 each

Oct 1 xyz declared full year dividends for preferred stock and $1.50 cash dividends for outstanding shares and paid shareholders on Oct. 15

Dec 15 xyz split common stock 2 shares for 1

Net income for 2015 was $ 275,000

Instructions:

Prepare journal entries for the transactions listed above

Prepare a Stockholder's section of a classified balance sheet as of December 31, 2015

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