Watkins Enterprises earned net income of $95,000 during the year ended December 31,2012. On December 15, 2012, Watkins Enterprises declared the annual cash dividend on its 2% preferred stock (total par value, $140,000) and a $0.70 per share cash dividend on its common stock (80,000 shares outstanding). Watkins Enterprises then paid the dividends on January 4, 2013.
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a. declaring the cash dividends on December 15, 2012.
b. paying the cash dividends on January 4, 2013