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SOLUTIONS MANUAL
to accompany
Fundamental Accounting Principles
17th Canadian Edition
by Larson/Dieckmann/Harris
Prepared by:
John Harris, Seneca College
Technical checks by: Rhonda Heninger, SAIT
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Chapter 13 Corporate Reporting: Profit, Earnings per Share, and
Retained Earnings
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EXERCISES
Exercise 13-1 (20 minutes)
Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Equity
$5,000 cash dividend Decrease NC Decrease
7% stock dividend NC NC NC
40% stock dividend NC NC NC
7-for-1 stock split NC NC NC
A cash dividend is a regular cash payment by a company to shareholders. ... Stock dividends,
on the other hand, are literally a percentage payment in the form of more company shares. If
you own 100 shares in a dividend stock and the company pays a 5% stock dividend, you end up
with 105 shares
Small stock dividend. A stock dividend is considered to be small if the new shares being issued
are less than 20-25% of the total number of shares outstanding prior to the stock dividend.
On the declaration date of a small stock dividend, a journal entry is made to transfer the market
value of the shares being issued from retained earnings to the paid-in capital section of
stockholders' equity.
Large stock dividend. A stock dividend is considered to be large if the new shares being issued
are more than 20-25% of the total value of shares outstanding prior to the stock dividend.
On the declaration date of a large stock dividend, a journal entry is made to transfer the par
value of the shares being issued from retained earnings to the paid-in capital section of
stockholders' equity.
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