Financial accounting 16th Edition by Jan Williams,Susan Haka,Mark Bettner ,Joseph Carcello

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Joy Sun organized Ray Beam, Inc., in January 2012.he corporation immediately issued at $15 per share one-half of its 260,000 authorized shares of $1 par value common stock.n January 2, 2013, the corporation sold at par value the entire 10,000 authorized shares of 10 percent, $100 par value cumulative preferred stock.n January 2, 2014, the company again needed capital and issued 5,000 shares of an authorized 8,000 shares of no-par cumulative preferred stock for a total of $320,000.he no-par shares have a stated dividend of $6 per share.
The company declared no dividends in 2012 and 2013.t the end of 2013, its retained earnings were $530,000.uring 2014 and 2015 combined, the company earned a total of $1,400,000.ividends of 90 cents per share in 2014 and $2 per share in 2015 were paid on the common stock.
Instructions
a.repare the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2015.nclude a supporting schedule showing your computation of retained earnings at the balance sheet date.Hint: Income increases retained earnings, whereas dividends decrease retained earnings.)
b.ssume that on January 2, 2013, the corporation could have borrowed $1,000,000 at 10 percent interest on a long-term basis instead of issuing the 10,000 shares of the $100 par value cumulative preferred stock.dentify two reasons a corporation may choose to issue cumulative preferred stock rather than finance operations with long-term debt.