The stockholders equity category of jackson companys


The Stockholders' Equity category of Jackson Company's balance sheet as of January 1, 2014, appeared as follows:

Preferred stock, $100 par, 8%, 2,000 shares issued and outstanding $200,000 Common stock, $10 par, 5,000 shares issued

and outstanding

50,000

Additional paid-in capital

300,000

Total contributed capital

$550,000

Retained earnings

400,000

Total stockholders' equity

$950,000

The notes that accompany the financial statements indicate that Jackson has not paid dividends for the two years prior to 2014. On July 1, 2014, Jackson declares a dividend of $100,000 to be paid to preferred and common stockholders on August 1.

Required

1. Determine the amounts of the dividends to be allocated to preferred and common stock- holders assuming that the preferred stock is noncumulative, nonparticipating stock.

2. Record the appropriate journal entries on July 1 and August 1, 2014.

3. Determine the amounts of the dividends to be allocated to preferred and common stockholders assuming instead that the preferred stock is cumulative, nonparticipating stock.

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