> HELP ASAP : Journal Entries: Cash Dividends, Treasury Stock, etc.. !!!?

HELP ASAP : Journal Entries: Cash Dividends, Treasury Stock, etc.. !!!?

Posted at: 2014-12-05 
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Morrow Enterprises Inc. manufactures bathroom fixtures. The stockholders' equity accounts of Morrow Enterprises Inc., with balances on January 1, 2014, are as follows:

Common Stock, $20 stated value (500,000 shares authorized, 375,000 issued) = $7,500,000

Paid In Capital in Excess of Stated Value-- Common Stock = 825,000

Retained Earnings = 33,600,000

Treasury Stock, (25,000 shares , at cost) = 450,000

The following selected transactions occurred during the year:

Jan 22: Paid Cash Dividends of $0.08 per share on the common stock. The dividend had been properly recorded when declared on Dec 1, of the preceding fiscal year, for $28,000

Apr. 10: Issued 75,000 shares of common stock for $24 per share

June 6: Sold all of the treasury stock for $26 a share

July 5: Declared a 4% stock dividend on common stock, to be capitalized at the market price of the stock, which is $25 a share.

Aug. 15: Issued the certificates for the dividend declared on July 5th

Nov. 23: Purchased 30,000 shares of treasury stock for $19 per share.

Dec. 28: Declared a $0.10 per share dividend on common stock

31: Closed the credit balance of the income summary, 1,125,000



31: Closed the two dividend accounts to retained earnings

Journalize these and if possible give the retained earnings statement and stockholders equity