Question

The shareholders' equity of Green Corporation includes $320,000 of $1 par common stock and $510,000 par of 7% cumulative preferred stock. The board of directors of Green declared cash dividends of $61,000 in 2021 after paying $31,000 cash dividends in each of 2020 and 2019. What is the amount of dividends common shareholders will receive in 2021

Answer 1

$25,300

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the common shareholders received the dividend for the year 2021 is shown below:

Since in the year 2021, the dividend i.e. declared is $61,000

Now the preference shareholders dividend is

= $510,000 × 0.07

= $35,700

So for common shareholders, the dividend would be

= $61,000 - $35,700

= $25,300