ACC 206 Week 11 Final Exam – Strayer Click on the Link Below to Purchase A+ Graded Course Material http://budapp.net/ACC-206-Accounting-Principles-II-Week-11-Final-ExamStrayer-269.htm C h a p t e r 1 4 Through 19 CORPORATIONS: DIVIDENDS, RETAINED EARNINGS, AND INCOME REPORTING CHAPTER STUDY OBJECTIVES 1. Prepare the entries for cash dividends and stock dividends. 2. Identify the items reported in a retained earnings statement. 3. Prepare and analyze a comprehensive stockholders' equity section. 4. Describe the form and content of corporation income statements. 5. Compute earnings per share. TRUE-FALSE STATEMENTS 1.
Dividends may be declared and paid in
cash or stock. 2.
Cash dividends are not a liability of the corporation until they are declared by the board of directors.
3.
The amount of a cash dividend liability is recorded on the date of record because it is on that date that the persons or entities who will receive the dividend are identified.
4.
A 10% stock dividend will increase the number of shares outstanding but the book value per share will decrease.
5.
A 3 for 1 common stock split will increase total stockholders' equity but reduce the par or stated value per share of common stock.
6.
Retained earnings represents the amount of cash available for dividends.
7.
Net income of a corporation should be closed to retained earnings and net losses should be closed to paid-in capital accounts.
8.
A debit balance in the Retained Earnings account is identified as a deficit.