Question

During fiscal year-end 2016, Kohl’s Corporation reports the following (in $ millions): net income of $556, retained earnings at the end of the year of $12,522 and retained earnings at the beginning of the year of $12,329. Assume that there were no other retained earnings transactions during fiscal 2016. What dividends did the firm pay in fiscal year ended January 28, 2017? a. $683 millionb. $1,669 millionc. $363 milliond. $0

Answer 1

c. $363 million

Step-by-step explanation:

We can compute this easily by making a retained earning extract from the balance sheet at the closing date,

Opening Retained earnings $12,329

Add retained earnings for the year $556

Less: Dividends paid $363

Closing Retained earnings $12,522

Reverse calculating the information gives us c. $363 million

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