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Bogo Corporation began operations on January 1, 2010. The company was authorized to
issue 60,000, $10 per value, ordinary shares and 120,000 shares of 10%, $100 par value
convertible preference shares.
In connection with your audit of the company’s financial statements, you noted the following
transactions involving shareholders’ equity during 2010:
Jan.31 Issued 30,000 convertible preference shares at $150 per share. Each share can
be converted to five ordinary shares. The corporation paid $225,000 to an
agent for selling the shares.
Feb.15 Sold 9,000 ordinary shares at $390 per share. The corporation paid issue costs
of $75,000.
May.30 Received subscriptions for 12,000 ordinary shares at $450 per share.
Aug.30 Issued 2,100 ordinary shares and 4,200 preference shares in exchanged for a
building with a fair value of $1,530,000. The building was originally
purchased for $1,140,000 by the investors and has a carrying amount of
$660,000. In addition, 1800 ordinary shares were sold for $720,000 cash.
Nov.15 Payments in full for half of the subscriptions and partial payments for the rest
of the subscriptions were received. Total cash received was $4,200,000.
Shares were issued for the fully paid subscriptions. The balance is collectible
next year.
Dec.1 Declared a cash dividend of $10 per share on preference shares, payable on
December 31 to shareholders of record on December 15, and $20 per share
cash dividend on ordinary shares, payable on January 15, 2011 to shareholders
of record on December 15.
QUESTIONS:
Based on the above and the result of your audit, determine the following as of December 31,
2010:
1. Ordinary share capital
4. Retained earnings
5. Total equity