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  • Apr 1, 2012, 01:45 PM
    Lady In Luck
    Accouting Question Help?
    Well, I am kind of stumped on a question, because I have two answers, and I am not sure which one is correct. Here is the question:

    Stratfield Inc. reported the following selected information for its 2008 fiscal year:
    Contributed capital for December 31, 2007..........$ 16,500
    Retained earnings for December 31, 2007............$ 11,300
    Dividends......................................... ...................$ 3,000
    Net income............................................ .............$ 12,980
    Common stock issued in 2008..............................$ 4,000
    Prepare a statement of stockholder’s equity for the year ended December 31, 2008. Please left-align everything so that the formatting can be easily obtained.


    First possible answer:
    Common Stock... 4,000
    Paid in capital... 16,500
    Total... 20,500
    Retained earnings... 11,300
    Dividends... -3,000
    Total SH Equity... 28,800


    Contributed capital, December 31, 2007... 16,500
    Add: Common stock issued in 2008... 4,000
    Contributed capital, December 31, 2008... 20,500

    Retained earnings, December 31, 2007... 11,300
    Add: Net income... 12,980
    Less: Dividends... (3,000)
    Retained earnings, December 31, 2008 ... 21,280

    Total stockhodlers' equity, December 31, 2008... 41,780

    Which one is correct?

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