Prepare the stockholders equity section of balance sheet


Major League Apparel has two classes of stock authorized: 5%, $10 par preferred, and $1 par value common. The following transactions affect stockholders' equity during 2012, its first year of operations:

January2 Issue 100,000 shares of common stock for $60 per share.

February 14 Issue 50,000 shares of preferred stock for $11 per share.

May8 Repurchase 10,000 shares of its own common stock for $50 per share.

May31 Reissue 5,000 shares of treasury stock for $55 per share.

December 1 Declare a cash dividend on its common stock of $0.50 per share and a $25,000 (5% of par value) cash dividend on its preferred stock payable to all stockholders of record on December 15. The dividend is payable on December 30. (Hint: Dividends are not paid on treasury stock.)

December 30 Pay the cash dividends declared on December 1

Required:

1. Record each of these transactions.

2. Prepare the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet as of December 31, 2012. Net income for the year was $480,000.

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