Exercise 15-12 Headland Corporation has 11.50 million shares of common stock iss

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Exercise 15-12 Headland Corporation has 11.50 million shares of common stock issued and outstanding. On une 1, the board of directors voted an 79 cents per share cash dividend to stockholders of record as of June 14, payable June 30. Prepare the journal entries for each of the dates above assuming the dividend represents a distribution of earnings. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, sefect "No Entry" for the account titles and enter o for the amounts.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit

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ASSUMING THE DIVIDENDS REPRESENT A DISTRIBUTION OF EARNINGS:

ASSUMING THE DIVIDENDS WERE A LIQUIDATING DIVIDEND:

Date Account titles and Explanations Debit Credit June 14 Retained earnings (11.50 * 0.79) 9.085 Cash Dividend Payable 9.085 June 30 Cash Dividend Payable 9.085 Cash 9.085

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