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Explain how underwriting costs and accounting and legal fees associated with the issuance of stock should be recorded.

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All the cost incurred by a company while issuing the shares is measured as issuing cost and should be debited in the accounts as the reduction from the paid-in capital in excess of par value.

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01

Meaning of Underwriting Cost

All expenses linked to the business, such as actuarial studies, inspections, due diligence, legal fees, and accounting fees, are included in underwriting charges.

02

Recording of Underwriting Cost and Legal Fees

Underwriting charges, accounting, legal fees, printing costs, and taxes should all be represented as reducingthe sums paidin.

As costs are unrelated to company operations, they are deducted from Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Common Stock, which represents the expenses paid by the business in relation to the share issuance.

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Woolford Inc. declared a cash dividend of $1.00 per share on its 2 million outstanding shares. The dividend was declared on August 1, payable on September 9 to all stockholders of record on August 15. Prepare all journal entries necessary on those three dates.

(Stockholders’ Equity Section) Bruno Corporation’s post-closing trial balance at December 31, 2017, is shown as follows.

BRUNO CORPORATION

POST-CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Dr.

Cr.

Accounts payable

\( 310,000

Accounts receivable

\) 480,000

Accumulated depreciation—buildings

185,000

Additional paid-in capital in excess

of par—common

1,300,000

From treasury stock

160,000

Allowance for doubtful accounts

30,000

Bonds payable

300,000

Buildings

1,450,000

Cash

190,000

Common stock (\(1 par)

200,000

Dividends payable (preferred stock—cash)

4,000

Inventory

560,000

Land

400,000

Preferred stock (\)50 par)

500,000

Prepaid expenses

40,000

Retained earnings

301,000

Treasury stock (common at cost)

170,000

Totals

\(3,290,000

\)3,290,000

At December 31, 2017, Bruno had the following number of common and preferred shares.

Common

Preferred

Authorized

600,000

60,000

Issued

200,000

10,000

Outstanding

190,000

10,000

The dividends on preferred stock are \(4 cumulative. In addition, the preferred stock has a preference in liquidation of \)50 per share.

Instructions

Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of Bruno’s balance sheet at December 31, 2017.

Seles Corporation’s charter authorized issuance of 100,000 shares of \(10 par value common stock and 50,000 shares of \)50 preferred stock. The following transactions involving the issuance of shares of stock were completed. Each transaction is independent of the others.

  1. Issued a \(10,000, 9% bond payable at par and gave as a bonus one share of preferred stock, which at that time was selling for \)106 a share.
  2. Issued 500 shares of common stock for equipment. The equipment had been appraised at \(7,100; the seller’s book value was \)6,200. The most recent market price of the common stock is \(16 a share.
  3. Issued 375 shares of common and 100 shares of preferred for a lump sum amounting to \)10,800. The common had been selling at \(14 and the preferred at \)65.
  4. Issued 200 shares of common and 50 shares of preferred for equipment. The common had a fair value of \(16 per share; the equipment has a fair value of \)6,500.

Instructions

Record the transactions listed above in journal entry form.

For what reasons might a company restrict a portion of its retained earnings?

What features or rights may alter the character of preferred stock?

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