Reference no: EM132621918

Question - The post-closing trial balance of Oriole Corporation at December 31, 2020, contains the following stockholders' equity accounts.

Preferred Stock (16,000 shares issued) $800,000

Common Stock (253,000 shares issued) 2,530,000

Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par-Preferred Stock 253,000

Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par-Common Stock 389,000

Common Stock Dividends Distributable 253,000

Retained Earnings 1,079,180

A review of the accounting records reveals the following.

1. No errors have been made in recording 2020 transactions or in preparing the closing entry for net income.

2. Preferred stock is $50 par, 6%, and cumulative; 16,000 shares have been outstanding since January 1, 2019.

3. Authorized stock is 21,000 shares of preferred, 506,000 shares of common with a $10 par value.

4. The January 1 balance in Retained Earnings was $1,200,000.

5. On July 1, 19,000 shares of common stock were issued for cash at $16 per share.

6. On September 1, the company discovered an understatement error of $88,600 in computing salaries and wages expense in 2019. The net of tax effect of $62,020 was properly debited directly to Retained Earnings.

7. A cash dividend of $253,000 was declared and properly allocated to preferred and common stock on October 1. No dividends were paid to preferred stockholders in 2019.

8. On December 31, a 10% common stock dividend was declared out of retained earnings on common stock when the market price per share was $16.

9. Net income for the year was $599,000.

10. On December 31, 2020, the directors authorized disclosure of a $190,000 restriction of retained earnings for plant expansion. (Use Note X.)

Required -

Part A: Reproduce the Retained Earnings account for 2020?

Part B: A stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet for December 31, 2020?

Part C: Allocation of the cash dividend to preferred stock.

Part D: Allocation of the cash dividend to common stock.