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Problem 11-3A Dividends for Preferred and Common Stock
The Stockholders’ Equity category of Rausch Company’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2014, appeared as follows:
Preferred stock, $100 par, 8%, 2,000 shares
issued and outstanding                                                 $  200,000 Common stock, $10 par, 40,000 shares
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issued and outstanding |
400,000 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
500,000 |
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Total contributed capital |
$1,100,000 |
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Retained earnings |
900,000 |
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Total stockholders’ equity |
$2,000,000 |
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 The notes to the financial statements indicate that dividends were not declared or paid for 2012 or 2013. Rausch wants to declare a dividend of $118,000 for 2014.
Required
Determine the total and the per-share amounts that should be declared to the preferred and com- mon stockholders under the following assumptions:
1.       The preferred stock is noncumulative, nonparticipating.
2.       The preferred stock is cumulative, nonparticipating.
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