AC 302 Chapter 15 Problem Question 1
Name Date
Instructor Course
Intermediate Accounting 14th Edition by Kieso Weygandt and Warfield
Primer on Using Excel in Accounting by Rex A Schildhouse
P15-1 (Equity Transactions and Statement Preparation) On January 5, 2012, Phelps Corporation
received a charter granting the right to issue 5,000 shares of $100.00 par value,
8% cumulative and nonparticipating preferred stock, and 50,000 shares of
$10.00 par value common stock. It then completed these transactions.
Jan 11 Issued 20,000 shares of common stock at $16 per share.
Feb 1 Issued to Sanchez Corp. 4,000 shares of preferred stock for the following assets:
Machinery with a fair market value of $50,000
A factory building with a fair market value of $110,000
and, land with an appraised value of $270,000
Jul 29 Purchased 1,800 shares of common stock at $19 per share.
(Use the cost method.)
Aug 10 Sold the 1,800 treasury shares at $14 per share.
Dec 31 Declared a $0.25 per share cash dividend on the common stock and
declared the preferred dividend.
Dec 31 Closed the Income Summary account. There was a $175,700 net income.
Instructions:
(a) Record the journal entries for the transactions listed above.
Jan 11, 12 Account Title Amount
Account Title Amount
Account Title Amount
Feb 1, 12 Account Title Amount
Account Title Amount
Account Title Amount
Account Title Amount
Account Title Amount
Jul 29, 12 Account Title 34200 Amount
Account Title Amount
Aug 10, 12 Account Title 25,200* Amount
Retained Earnings Amount
Account Title Amount
*(The debit is made to Retained Earnings because no Paid-in Capital *from Treasury Stock exists.)
Dec 31, 12 Account Title 9,000* Amount
Account Title Amount
Dec 31, 12 Account Title Amount
Account Title Amount
"(b) Prepare the stockholders' equity section of Phelps Corporation's balance sheet as of
December 31, 2012."
PHELPS CORPORATION
Statement of Stockholders' Equity
December 31, 2012
Capital Stock
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Total capital stock Formula
Additional Paid-in Capital
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Total stockholders’ equity Formula