Question - Various stock transactions; correction of journal entries

Part A - During its first year of operations, the McCollum Corporation entered into the following transactions relating to shareholders' equity. The corporation was authorized to issue 100 million common shares, $1 par per share.

Required: Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record each transaction.

Jan. 9 Issued 40 million common shares for $20 per share.

Mar. 11 Issued 5,000 shares in exchange for custom-made equipment. McCollum's shares have traded recently on the stock exchange at $20 per share.

Part B - A new staff accountant for the McCollum Corporation recorded the following journal entries during the second year of operations. McCollum retires shares that it reacquires (restores their status to that of authorized but unissued shares).

Required: Prepare the journal entries that should have been recorded for each of the transactions.

Question - Share issue costs; issuance; dividends; early retirement

During its first year of operations, Cupola Fan Corporation issued 30,000 of $1 par Class B shares for $385,000 on June 30, 2011. Share issue costs were $1,500. One year from the issue date (July 1, 2012), the corporation retired 10% of the shares for $39,500.

Required:

1. Prepare the journal entry to record the issuance of the shares.

2. Prepare the journal entry to record the declaration of a $2 per share dividend on December 1, 2011.

3. Prepare the journal entry to record the payment of the dividend on December 31, 2011.

4. Prepare the journal entry to record the retirement of the shares.