Stockholders equity section of balance sheet - list the


Stockholders' equity section of balance sheet

List the errors in the following Stockholders' Equity section of the balance sheet prepared as of the end of the current year.

Stockholders' Equity



Paid-in capital:



Preferred 1% stock, $200 par (25,000 shares authorized and issued)

$5,000,000


Excess of issue price over par

75,000

$5,075,000

Retained earnings


41,750,000

Treasury stock (45,000 shares at cost)


648,000

Dividends payable


175,000

Total paid-in capital


$47,648,000

Common stock, $14 par (800,000 shares authorized, 500,000 shares issued)


7,600,000

Organizing costs


250,000

Total stockholders' equity


$55,498,000

 

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