The conversion rate is restated for all stock dividends and splits. Coffee had the following stock transactions in 2005 and 2006:

1/1/2005 - Sold 30,000 shares of common stock at $20 per share.
1/1/2005 - Sold 10,000 shares of preferred stock at $100 per share.
4/1/2005 - Issued at 50 percent stock dividend when the market price is $26 per share.
9/1/2005 - Purchased 4,000 treasury shares at $30 per share.
10/1/2005 - Sold 1,000 of the treasury shares at $32 per share.
11/1/2005 - Sold 2,000 of the treasury shares at $25 per share.
12/1/2005 - Issued a 2-1 for stock split.
12/20/2005 - Declared the required dividend to preferred stock holders and a $.25 per share dividend to common stockholders. Dividends are payable on 12/31/2005.

Prepare journal entries to record all of the above business events

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Answer and Explanation:

The journal entries are shown below:

On Jan 1

Cash (30,000 Shares × $20)   $600,000

    To  Common Stock (30,000 Shares × $2)    $60,000

    To Paid In Capital in Excess of Par - Common Stock $540,000

(Being the sale of the common stock is recorded)

On Jan 1

Cash (10,000 Shares × $100)     $600,000

         To Preferred Stock (10,000 Shares × $100)  $1,000,000

(Being the sale of the preferred stock is recorded)

On Jan 4

Retained Earnings (30,000 × 50% × $26)   $390,000

         To Common Stock (15,000 shares × $2)   $30,000

         To Paid In Capital in Excess of Par - Common Stock $360,000

(Being the issued of the stock dividend is recorded)

On Jan 9

Treasury Stock (4,000 Shares × $30)   $120,000

        To Cash   $120,000

(Being the purchase of treasury stock is recorded)

On Jan 10

Cash (1,000 Shares × $32)   $32,000

   To  Treasury Stock (1,000 Shares × $30)  $30,000

     To Paid in Capital from Treasury Stock $2,000

(Being the sale of the treasury stock is recorded)

On Jan 11

Cash (2,000 Shares × $25)     $50,000

Paid in Capital - Treasury Stock   $2,000

Retained Earnings $8,000

           To Treasury Stock (2,000 Shares × $30)    $60,000

(Being the sale of the treasury stock is recorded)

On Jan 12

Since the shares are issued for  2 to 1 i.e the number of shares is rises from 29,000 shares to 58,000 shares due to which the par value is decreased from $2 to $1 per share. So the new 29,000 shares were to be distributed

On Dec 20

Retained Earnings  $74,500

     To Dividend Payable - Preferred Stock (10,000 Shares × 100 × 6%)    $60,000

     To Dividend Payable - Common Stock (58,000 Shares × $0.25)   $14,500

(Being the dividend is declared)