Reference no: EM132813061
Healthy Life Co. is an HMO for businesses in the Fresno area. The following account balances appear on Healthy Life's balance sheet:
Common stock (290,000 shares authorized ; 5,000 shares issued), $125 par, $625,000;
Paid-In Capital in excess of par-common stock, $65,000; and
Retained earnings, $6,250,000.
- The board of directors declared a 2% stock dividend when the market price of the stock was $163 a share. Healthy Life reported no income or loss for the current year.
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Problem 1: Journalize the entry to record the declaration of the dividend, capitalizing an amount equal to market value.