Recording Transactions Affecting Stockholders’ Equity
King Corporation began operations in January of the current year. The charter authorized the following stock:
Preferred stock: 10 percent, $13 par value, 40,000 shares authorized
Common stock: $8 par value, 85,900 shares authorized
During the current year, the following transactions occurred in the order given:
a. Issued 23,300 shares of common stock for $12 per share.
b. Sold 7,700 shares of the preferred stock at $23 per share.
c. Sold 2,100 shares of the preferred stock at $23 per share and 2,000 shares of common stock at $13 per share.
Required:
Provide the journal entries required to record each of the transactions in (a) through (c).