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1. The effect of a stock dividend is to

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change the composition of stockholders' equity.

increase the book value per share of common stock.

decrease total assets and stockholders' equity.

decrease total assets and total liabilities

2. Regular dividends are declared out of:

	Common Stock.
	Treasury Stock.
	Retained Earnings.
	Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par.

3. Solaris, Inc. has 2,000 shares of 5%, $10 par value,cumulative preferred stock and 50,000 shares of $1 par value commonstock outstanding at December 31, 2014. What is the annual dividendon the preferred stock?

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$5 per share

$10,000 in total

$1,000 in total

$.05 per share

4. Corporations generally issue stock dividends in order to

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decrease the amount of capital in the corporation.

increase the market price per share.

exceed stockholders' dividend expectations.

increase the marketability of the stock.

5. A stockholder who receives a stock dividend would

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expect the par value of the stock to change.

own more shares of stock.

expect retained earnings to increase.

expect the market price per share to increase.

6. When stock dividends are distributed,

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	Retained Earnings is decreased.
	Common Stock Dividends Distributable is decreased.
	no entry is necessary if it is a large stock dividend.
	Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par is debited if it is a smallstock dividend.

Identify the effect the declaration and distribution of a stockdividend has on the par value per share.

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No effect

Increase or decrease

Increase

Decrease

A stock split

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will have no effect on the par value per share of stock.

will increase the total par value of the stock.

will increase total paid-in capital.

may occur in the absence of retained earnings.

On January 1, Sly Corporation had 120,000 shares of $10 parvalue common stock outstanding. On March 17, the company declared a15% stock dividend to stockholders of record on March 20. Marketvalue of the stock was $13 on March 17. The entry to record thetransaction of March 17 would include a

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debit to Common Stock Dividends Distributable for $180,000.

credit to Cash for $234,000.

credit to Stock Dividends for $54,000.

credit to Common Stock Dividends Distributable for $180,000.

Bento, Inc. had 500,000 shares of common stock outstandingbefore a stock split occurred, and 1,500,000 shares outstandingafter the stock split. The stock split was

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1-for-5.

2-for-5.

5-for-1.

3-for-1.

In the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet,

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Dividends in arrears will appear as a restriction of RetainedEarnings.

Common Stock Dividends Distributable will appear in its ownsubsection of the stock- holders' equity.

Common Stock Dividends Distributable will be classified as partof additional paid-in capital.

Additional Paid-in Capital appears under the subsection Paid-inCapital.

During 2014 Miami Inc. had sales revenue $1,328,000, grossprofit $728,000, operating expenses $398,000, cash dividends$90,000, other expenses and losses $40,000. Its corporate tax rateis 30%. What was Miami's income tax expense for the year?

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$87,000

$398,400

$180,000

$60,000

Paiva Corporation splits its common stock 2 for 1, when themarket value is $80 per share. Prior to the split, Paiva had100,000 shares of $10 par value common stock issued andoutstanding. After the split, the par value of the stock

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	remains the same.
	is reduced to $5 per share.
	is reduced to $2 per share.
	is reduced to $20 per share.