Hutter Corporation declared a $0.50 per share cash dividend on its common shares. The company has 20,000
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Answer and Explanation:
The journal entry to record the dividend payment is shown below:
Common Dividends payable $4,000 (8,000 shares outstanding × $ 0.50 cash dividend)
To Cash for $4,000
(being the dividend payment is recordeD)
For recording this we debited the common dividend payable as it decreased the liabilities and credited the cash as it also decreased the assets
O Debit Retained Earnings $4,000; credit Common Dividends Payable $4,000.
Explanation:
Dividend declared = $0.5 per share
Total Authorized shares = 20,000 shares
Total Issued Shares = 9,000 shares
Total Outstanding shares = 8,000 shares
As outstanding shares are only eligible shares for the dividend payment.
Total Dividend Payment = $0.5 per share x 8000 shares
Total Dividend Payment = $4000
Journal Entry for this event
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Retained Earning $4,000
Common Dividend Payable $4,000