What is the effect of a stock split (not effected in the form of a stock dividend) on each of the following? Retained earnings Total Paid-in capitala. no effect increaseb. no effect no effectc. increase decreased. decrease increase1. Option A2. Option B3. Option C4. Option D

A stock split simply doubles the number of outstanding stocks and decreases by half the current price of the stocks, it doesn't change total paid in capital, nor retained earnings. Sometimes certain accounting procedures just rearrange accounts, like collecting accounts receivables increases cash, but current assets don't change. But in this case, not even that happens. The balance of retained earnings and total paid in capital are not affected by this.