Question - Otis Thorpe Corporation has 12,020 shares of $100 par value, 5% preferred stock and 51,300 shares of $9 par value common stock outstanding at December 31, 2014.
(a) If the preferred stock is cumulative and dividends were last paid on the preferred stock on December 31, 2011, what are the dividends in arrears that should be reported on the December 31, 2014, balance sheet? How should these dividends be reported?
(b) If the preferred stock is convertible into 7 shares of $9 par value common stock and 4,300 shares are converted, what entry is required for the conversion assuming the preferred stock was issued at par value?
(c) If the preferred stock was issued at $107 per share, how should the preferred stock be reported in the stockholders equity section?