Kohler Corporation reports the following components of stockholders’ equity on December 31, 2015:
Common stock-$20 par value, 100,000 shares authorized, 50,000 shares issued and outstanding | $1,000,000 |
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Paid-in capital in excess of par value, common stock | 80,000 |
Retained earnings | 400,000 |
Total stockholders’ equity | $1,480,000 |
In year 2016, the following transactions affected its stockholders’ equity accounts.
Jan. 1 | Purchased 4,500 shares of its own stock at $25 cash per share. |
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Jan. 5 | Directors declared a $4 per share cash dividend payable on Feb. 28 to the Feb. 5 stockholders of record. |
Feb. 28 | Paid the dividend declared on January 5. |
July 6 | Sold 1,688 of its treasury shares at $29 cash per share |
Aug. 22 | Sold 2,812 of its treasury shares at $22 cash per share. |
Sept. 5 | Directors declared a $4 per share cash dividend payable on October 28 to the September 25 stockholders of record. |
Oct. 28 | Paid the dividend declared on September 5. |
Dec. 31 | Closed the $368,000 credit balance (from net income) in the Income Summary account to Retained Earnings |
- Prepare journal entries to record each of these transactions for 2016.