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Chapter 13: Q20E (page 711)

Determining paid-in capital for a corporation

Aruba Corporation recently organized. The company issued common stock to an inventor in exchange for a patent with a market value of \(57,000. In addition, Aruba received cash for 6,000 shares of its \)10 par preferred stock at par value and 6,500 shares of its no-par common stock at $20 per share. Without making journal entries, determine the total paid-in capital created by these transactions.

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The total paid-in capital created by the mentioned transactions is $247,000

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01

Basic Introduction

Common stock in patent exchange:$57,000

PreferredStockValue=NumberofShares×ParValue=6,000×$10=$60,000

CommonStock=NumberofShares×ParValue=6,500×$20=$130,000

02

Total paid-in capital

Totalpaid-incapital=Commonstockinpatentexchange+preferredstockvalue+commonstockissued=$57,000+$60,000+$130,000=$247,000

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Question: Identifying sources of equity, stock issuance, and dividends

Tillman Comfort Specialists, Inc. reported the following stockholders’ equity on its balance sheet at June 30, 2018:

Preferred Stock—5%, ? Par Value; 625,000 shares

authorized, 325,000 shares issued and outstanding

Paid-In Capital:

\( 1,300,000

1,350,000

Stockholders’ Equity

Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par—Common 2,600,000

Total Paid-In Capital 5,250,000

Retained Earnings 11,800,000

Total Stockholders’ Equity \) 17,050,000

Common Stock—$1 Par Value; 7,000,000 shares

authorized, 1,350,000 shares issued and outstanding

Requirements

3. Make two summary journal entries to record issuance of all the Tillman Comfort Specialists stock for cash. Explanations are not required.

Vollmer, Inc. had reported the following balances:

December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018

Net Income \( 80,000 \) 60,000

Preferred Dividends 2,000 5,000

Total Stockholders’ Equity 340,000 310,000

Stockholders’ Equity attributable to Preferred Stock 20,000 20,000

Number of Common Shares Outstanding 10,000 14,000

11. Compute Vollmer’s earnings per share for 2019.

12. Compute Vollmer’s price/earnings ratio for 2019, assuming the market price is $40 per share.

13. Compute Vollmer’s rate of return on common stockholders’ equity for 2019.

Journalizing issuance of stock and preparing the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet

The charter for ASAP-TV, Inc. authorizes the company to issue 100,000 shares of \(5, no-par preferred stock and 500,000 shares of common stock with \)1 par value. During its start-up phase, ASAP-TV completed the following transactions:

Sep. 6 Issued 550 shares of common stock to the promoters who organized the corporation, receiving cash of \(16,500.

12 Issued 400 shares of preferred stock for cash of \)23,000.

14 Issued 1,500 shares of common stock in exchange for land with a market value of $17,000.

Requirements

1. Record the transactions in the general journal.

Computing earnings per share and price/earnings ratio

Rocket Corp. earned net income of \(153,040 and paid the minimum dividend to preferred stockholders for 2018. Assume that there are no changes in common shares outstanding during 2018. Rocket’s books include the following figures:

Preferred Stock—6%, \)60 par value; 2,000 shares authorized, 1,000

shares issued and outstanding \( 60,000

Common Stock—\)5 par value; 80,000 shares authorized, 48,000 shares

issued, 46,700 shares outstanding 240,000

Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par—Common 470,000

Treasury Stock—Common; 1,300 shares at cost (26,000)

Requirements

2. Assume Rocket’s market price of a share of common stock is $12 per share. Compute Rocket’s price/earnings ratio.

Computing earnings per share, price/earnings ratio, and rate of return on common stockholders’ equity

Bianchi Company reported these figures for 2018 and 2017:

2018 2017

Income Statement—partial:

Net Income \( 34,380 \) 18,000

Dec. 31, 2018 Dec. 31, 2017

Balance Sheet—partial:

Total Assets \( 285,000 \) 280,000

Paid-In Capital:

Preferred Stock—11%, \(9 Par Value; 60,000 shares

authorized, 12,000 shares issued and outstanding

\) 108,000 \( 108,000

Common Stock—\)2 Par Value; 60,000 shares

authorized, 50,000 shares issued and outstanding

100,000 100,000

Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par—Common 14,000 14,000

Retained Earnings 60,500 38,000

Total Stockholders’ Equity \( 282,500 \) 260,000

Requirements

2. Compute Bianchi Company’s price/earnings ratio for 2018. Assume the company’s market price per share of common stock is $9. Round to two decimals.
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