Reference no: EM131814053

At the beginning of 2015, Thompson Service, Inc., showed the following amounts in the stockholders' equity section of its balance sheet:

Stockholders' equity:

Capital stock, $1 par value, 500,000 shares authorized,

382,000 issued and outstanding $382,000

Additional paid-in capital: capital stock 4,202,000

Total paid-in capital $4,584,000

Retained earnings 2,704,600

Total stockholders' equity $7,288,600

The transactions relating to stockholders' equity during the year are as follows:

Jan.3

Declared a dividend of $1 per share to stockholders of record on January 31, payable on February 15.

Feb.15 Paid the cash dividend declared on January 3.

Apr.12

The corporation purchased 6,000 shares of its own capital stock at a price of $40 per share.

May9 Reissued 4,000 shares of the treasury stock at a price of $44 per share.

June1

Declared a 5 percent stock dividend to stockholders of record at June 15, to be distributed on June 30. The market price of the stock at June 1 was $42 per share. (The 2,000 shares remaining in the treasury do not participate in the stock dividend.)

June30 Distributed the stock dividend declared on June 1.

Aug.4

Reissued 600 of the 2,000 remaining shares of treasury stock at a price of $37 per share.

Dec.31

The Income Summary account, showing net income for the year of $1,928,000, was closed into the Retained Earnings account.

Dec.31

The $382,000 balance in the Dividends account was closed into the Retained Earnings account.

Instructions

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