CHAPTER 11
REPORTING AND ANALYZING STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Identify and discuss the major characteristics of a corporation.
- Record the issuance of common stock.
- Explain the accounting for the purchase of treasury stock.
- Differentiate preferred stock from common stock.
- Prepare the entries for cash dividends and understand the effect of stock dividends and stock splits.
- Identify the items that affect retained earnings.
- Prepare a comprehensive stockholders' equity section.
- Evaluate a corporation's dividend and earnings performance from a stockholder's perspective.
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