Grouper Corporation showed the following information on its financial statements on December 31, 2021: ...
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Grouper Corporation showed the following information on its financial statements on December 31, 2021:
Preferred Shares, no par value $8 cumulative, 400,000 shares authorized, 140,000 shares issued and outstanding
$28,000,000
Common Shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 460,000 shares issued and outstanding
$12,420,000
The following transactions occurred, in the order given, during 2022:
(a)
April 15: Received subscriptions and down payments for 117,000 common shares at $36 per share. The subscription contracts call for 65% of the subscription price to be paid upon receipt, and the remaining 35% to be paid on June 30. In the event of default on the subscriptions, the company will retain the down payment.
(b)
May 1: Issued 150,000 preferred shares at $245 per share.
(c)
June 30: Received payment for 91,000 of the subscribed common shares; the remaining 26,000 defaulted. Issued the share certificates for the appropriate number of shares.
(d)
August 5: Repurchased and cancelled 15,000 common shares at a cost of $20 per share.
(e)
September 15: Declared dividends for preferred shares (dividends had not been paid the previous year). Also declared $1.50 per share dividend for common shares. Both dividends are to be paid on November 1 to shareholders of record on October 1.
(f)
If the preferred shares had a $200 par value, what would be the journal entry for the May 1 issuance of preferred shares in part (b)?
Prepare the journal entries to record the above transactions for Grouper Corporation for 2022. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the 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. Round average share price to 2 decimal places for intermediate calculations, e.g. 52.75 and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)
No.
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
(a)
(To record sale of shares on a subscription basis)
(To record collection of down payment)
(b)
(c)
(To record receipt of cash for the final installment on subscribed shares)
(To record default on subscribed shares)
(To record issuance of common shares for those subscribed and paid for)
(d)
(e)
(To record dividend declared)
(To record dividend paid)
(f)
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