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Weygandt ● Kimmel ● Kieso
Chapter 14
Corporations: Dividends, Retained
Earnings, and Income Reporting
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Chapter Outline
Learning Objectives
LO 1 Explain how to account for cash dividends, stock
dividends, and stock splits.
LO 2 Discuss how stockholders’ equity is reported and
analyzed.
LO 3 Describe the form and content of corporation income
statements.
Paid-in capital
Common stock $500,000
Common stock dividends distributable 50,000
In excess of par—common stock 25,000
Total paid-in capital $575,000
Record the journal entry when Medland issues the dividend shares.
Journal entry
Retained Earnings 300,000
Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment 300,000
(To adjust for understatement of
depreciation in a prior period)
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Retained Earnings Statement
Debits and Credits to Retained Earnings
Retained Earnings
1. Net loss 1. Net income
2. Prior period adjustment for 2. Prior period adjustment for
overstatement of net income understatement of net
income
3. Cash dividends and stock
dividends
4. Some disposals of treasury
stock
2019 2020
Net income $110,000 $110,000
Dividends on preferred stock 10,000 10,000
Dividends on common stock 2,000 1,600
Common stockholders’ equity, beginning of year 500,000 400,000*
Common stockholders’ equity, ending of year 500,000 400,000
*Adjusted for purchase of treasury stock.
(a) Compute return on common stockholders’ equity for each year.
2019 2020
(a) Compute earnings per share for each year, and (b) discuss the change
from 2019 to 2020.
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Do It! 3: EPS (2 of 3)
2019 2020
Net income $110,000 $110,000
Dividends on preferred stock 10,000 10,000
Dividends on common stock 2,000 1,600
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding 10,000 8,000*
Common stockholders’ equity, beginning of year 500,000 400,000*
Common stockholders’ equity, ending of year 500,000 400,000
*Adjusted for purchase of treasury stock.
Book value per share may not equal market price per share. The
correlation between book value and the annual range of a
company’s market price per share is often remote.