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Strontium Ltd Had Owner's Equity of 100 000 Shares, Issued

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Strontium Ltd had owner's equity of 100 000 shares, issued and called up to $1 each, but there were calls in arrears of 20 cents per share on 5000 of these shares.
What is the journal entry to forfeit the shares in arrears?


A)
 Dr Paid up capital $5000 Cr Call no. 1 $1000 Cr Paid-up capital-forfeited shares $4000\begin{array}{llcc} \text { Dr Paid up capital } &\$5000 \\ \text { Cr Call no. 1 } &&\$1000\\ \text { Cr Paid-up capital-forfeited shares } &&\$4000&\\ \end{array}


B)
Dr Paid up capital $5000 Cr Paid-up capital -forfeited shares $5000\begin{array}{llcc} \text {Dr Paid up capital } & \$5000 \\ \text { Cr Paid-up capital -forfeited shares } && \$5000\\\end{array}


C)
 Dr Paid up capital $4000 Dr Call no. 1$1000 Cr Paid-up capital-forfeited shares $5000\begin{array}{lrr}\text { Dr Paid up capital } & \$ 4000 & \\\text { Dr Call no. } 1 & \$ 1000 & \\\text { Cr Paid-up capital-forfeited shares } & \$ 5000\end{array}

D)
Cr Call no. 1 $1000 Cr Paid-up capital-forfeited shares $1000\begin{array}{llcc} \text {Cr Call no. 1 } & \$1000 \\ \text { Cr Paid-up capital-forfeited shares } && \$1000\\\end{array}

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