On December 31, 20X1, the Stockholders’ Equity section of Mercedes Corporation was as follows:     Common stock, par value $5; authorized 30,000 shares; issuedand outstanding, 9,000 shares $ 45,000   Additional paid-in capital   58,000   Retained earnings   73,000   Total stockholders’ equity $ 176,000       On March 1, 20X2, the board of directors declared a 10% stock dividend and accordingly issued 900 additional shares. The stock’s fair value at that time was $8 per share. For the three months ended March 31, 20X2, Mercedes sustained a net loss of $16,000.   Required: 1a. Prepare the journal entry for the stock dividend. 1b. What amount should the company report as retained earnings on its quarterly financial statement dated March 31, 20X2?

Stockholders equity accounts and other related accounts of Gonzales Company as of January 1, 20--, the beginning of its fiscal year, are shown below. (a)Received 20,000 for the balance due on subscriptions for preferred stock with a par value of 40,000 and issued the stock. (b)Purchased 10,000 shares of common treasury stock for 18 per share. (c)Received subscriptions for 10,000 shares of common stock at 19 per share, collecting down payments of 45,000. (d)Issued 15,000 shares of common stock in exchange for land with a fair market value of 290,000. (e)Sold 5,000 shares of common treasury stock for Si00,000. (f)Issued 10,000 shares of preferred stock at 11.50 per share, receiving cash. (g)Sold 3,000 shares of common treasury stock for 17 per share. REQUIRED 1. Prepare general journal entries for the transactions, identifying each transaction by letter. 2. Post the journal entries to appropriate T accounts. The cash account has a beginning balance of 300,000. 3. Prepare the stockholders equity section of the balance sheet as of December 31, 20--. Net income for the year was 825,000 and dividends of 400,000 were paid.

Selected transactions completed by Equinox Products Inc. during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, were as follows: a. Issued 15,000 shares of 20 par common stock at 30, receiving cash. b. Issued 4, 000 shares of 80 par preferred 5% stock at 100, receiving cash. c. Issued 500,000 of 10-year, 5% bonds at 104, with interest payable semiannually. d. Declared a quarterly dividend of 0.50 per share on common stock and 1.00 per share on preferred stock. On the date of record, 100,000 shares of common stock were outstanding, no treasury shares were held, and 20,000 shares of preferred stock were outstanding. e. Paid the cash dividends declared in (d). f. Purchased 7,500 shares of Solstice Corp. at 40 per share, plus a 150 brokerage commission. The investment is classified as an available-for-sale investment. g. Purchased 8,000 shares of treasury common stock at 33 per share. h. Purchased 40,000 shares of Pinkberry Co. stock directly from the founders for 24 per share. Pinkberry has 125,000 shares issued and outstanding. Equinox Products Inc. treated the investment as an equity method investment. i. Declared a 1.00 quarterly cash dividend per share on preferred stock. On the date of record, 20,000 shares of preferred stock had been issued. j. Paid the cash dividends to the preferred stockholders. k. Received 27,500 dividend from Pinkberry Co. investment in (h). l. Purchased 90,000 of Dream Inc. 10-year, 5% bonds, directly from the issuing company, at their face amount plus accrued interest of 37 5. The bonds are classified as a held-to-maturity long -term investment. m. Sold, at 38 per share, 2,600 shares of treasury common stock purchased in (g). n. Received a dividend of 0 .60 per share from the Solstice Corp. investment in (f). o. Sold 1,000 shares of Solstice Corp. at 45, including commission. p. Recorded the payment of semiannual interest on the bonds issue d in (c) and the amortization of the premium for six months. The amortization is determined using the straight-line method . q. Accrued interest for three months on the Dream Inc. bonds purchased in (I). r. Pinkberry Co. recorded total earnings of 240 ,000. Equinox Products recorded equity earnings for its share of Pinkberry Co. net income. s. The fair value for Solstice Corp. stock was 39. 02 per share on December 31, 2016. The investment is adjusted to fair value , using a valuation allowance account. Assume Valuation Allowance for Available-for-Sale Investments h ad a beginning balance of zero. Instructions 1. Journalize the selected transactions. 2. After all of the transaction s for the year ended December 31, 201 6, had been poste d [including the transactions recorded in part (1) and all adjusting entries), the data that follows were taken from the records of Equinox Products Inc. a. Prepare a multiple-step in come statement for the year ended December 31, 201 6, concluding with earnings per share . In computing earnings per share, assume that the average number of common shares outstanding was 100,000 and preferred dividends were 100,000. ( Round earnings per share to the nearest cent.) b. Prepare a retained earnings statement for the year ended December 31, 20 6. c. Prepare a balance sheet in report form as of December 31, 2016.

Prepare general journal entries for the following transactions of GOTE Company: (a) Received subscriptions for 10,000 shares of 2 par common stock for 80,000. (b) Received payment of 30,000 on the stock subscription in transaction (a). (c) Received the balance in full for the stock subscription in transaction (a) and issued the stock. (d) Purchased 1,000 shares of its own 2 par common stock for 7.50 a share. (e) Sold 500 shares of the stock on transaction (d) for 8.50 a share.