Stockholders' Equity Category Peeler Company was incorporated as a new business on January 1, 2017....
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Peeler Company was incorporated as a new business on January 1, 2017. The corporate charter approved on that date authorized the issuance of 1,200 shares of $100 par, 7% cumulative, nonparticipating preferred stock and 11,000 shares of $5 par common stock. On January 10, Peeler issued for cash 440 shares of preferred stock at $127 per share and 4,500 shares of common stock at $82 per share. On January 20, it issued 1,300 shares of common stock to acquire a building site at a time when the stock was selling for $68 per share.
During 2017, Peeler established an employee benefit plan and acquired 510 shares of common stock at $59 per share as treasury stock for that purpose. Later in 2017, it resold 130 shares of the stock at $68 per share.
On December 31, 2017, Peeler determined its net income for the year to be $42,700. The firm declared the annual cash dividend to preferred stockholders and a cash dividend of $4 per share to the common stockholders. The dividends will be paid in 2018.
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1. Develop the Stockholders' Equity category of Peeler's balance sheet as of December 31, 2017. For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign.
Peeler Company Partial Balance Sheet December 31, 2017
Stockholders' equity
Accounts payableCashDividendsPreferred stockPlant, property, and equipment