On January 1, 2017, Thomson Inc. had the following account balances in its shareholders' equity accounts. ?? ??Common stock,...

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On January 1, 2017, Thomson Inc. had the following account balancesin its shareholders' equity accounts.

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??Commonstock, $1 par, 350,000 shares issued of

which 20,000 Shares being held as treasury stock$350,000?

??Paid-incapital excess of par, common?  500,000?

??Preferredstock, $100 par, 10,000 shares outstanding1,000,000?

Paid-in capital excess of par, preferred ?  100,000?

??Retainedearnings?  2,000,000?

??Treasurystock, at cost, 20,000 shares?  60,000?

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During 2017, Thomson Inc. had several transactions relating tocommon stock.

2/10

Declaredaproperty dividend, payablein Welch company stock. The Welch stock had been purchased early in2016for$30,000and was reported as an asset at a fair value of$35,000on 12/31/16balancesheet. Themarket value of Welchstock is $38,000on 2/10/17.

3/17

Distributedthe property dividend.

3/20

Reissued5,000 shares of treasury stock at $5 per share.

4/17

Declareda 3 for 1 stock split on common stock effective 4/24.

7/18

Declaredand distributed a 10% stock dividend on outstanding common stock;market value per share, $7.   

11/1

Declareda $0.5 per share cash dividend on the outstanding commonshares.

11/25

Ex-dividenddate for the cash dividend

11/29

Dateof record for the cash dividend.   

12/20

Paidthe cash dividend declared on 11/1.

??Required:

Record the above transactions and events in the journal entryformat.

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Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit

10-Feb

Loss on investment ($38000 - $30000) $           8,000.00
                      Investment in Welch Co. $      8,000.00
Retained earnings $         38,000.00
                  Property dividend payable $    38,000.00

17-Mar

Property dividend payable $         38,000.00
                   Investment in Welch Co. $    38,000.00

20-Mar

Cash (5000 x $5) $         25,000.00
      Treasury Stock (5000 x $3) $    15,000.00
      Paid-in Capital from Treasury Stock $    15,000.00

17-Apr

Retained earnings [(350,000 – 20,000) x $1] $      3,30,000.00
                  Common Stock $ 3,30,000.00

18-Jul

Retained earnings [(10% x 990,000) x $7] $      6,93,000.00
              Common stock [(10% x 990,000) x $1] $    99,000.00
              Paid-in capital - excess of par $ 5,94,000.00
After Stock split outstanding shares = $330,000 x 3 = $990,000

01-Nov

Retained earnings ( 990,000  + 99000 )x $.50) $      5,44,500.00
               Cash dividends payable $ 5,44,500.00

25-Nov

No journal entry is passed on the ex-dividend date

29-Nov

No journal entry is required to be made on record date

20-Dec

Cash dividends payable $      5,44,500.00
               Cash $ 5,44,500.00

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