Dalmation Corporation was issued a charter on January authorizing the following capital stock:
Common stock, $ par, shares, one vote per share.
Preferred stock, percent, par value $ per share, shares, nonvoting.
The following selected transactions were completed during the first year of operations in the order given:
a Issued shares of the $ par common stock at $ cash per share.
b Issued shares of preferred stock at $ cash per share.
c At the end of the year, the accounts showed net income of $ No dividends were declared.
Required:
Prepare the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet at December
Assume that you are a common stockholder of Dalmation Corporation. If the company needed additional capital, would you prefer to have it issue additional common stock or additional preferred stock?
