Question

Sheffield Corp. has 285,000 shares of $8 par value common stock outstanding. It declares a 13% stock dividend on December 1 when the market price per share is $16. The dividend shares are issued on December 31. Prepare the entries for the declaration and distribution of the stock dividend. (Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

Answer 1

285,000 common stock outstanding with a $8 par value

it declares 13% stock dividend

market price at $16

since the stock dividend is considered small (less than 20%), we use the market price to record it

December 1, 202x stock dividends are declared (37,050 stocks)

Dr Retained earnings 592,800

Cr Common stock dividends distributable 296,400

Cr Additional paid in capital 296,400

December 31, 202x, distribution of stock dividends

Dr Common stock dividends distributable 296,400

Cr Common stock 296,400