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PJParisa Jeanne8y ago
Hi again. I was reviewing chapter 13 in your website. Then I tried to understand my previous question which you answered but still I m not sure how to calculate it. That's my problem We have this INFO in trial balance Ordinary shares 50c. 8,000 10% irredeemable preference shares $1 9,000 10% loan notes 8,000 Share premium 3,000 Preference dividend paid 900 Interim ordinary dividend paid 1,600 We want to manage Equity in SOFP You answered The balance on the share premium account of $8,000 is the proceeds of issue of 4,000 shares of $0.50 each. Therefore $2,000 should be transferred to share capital and the other $6,000 transferred to share premium. Now I'm trying to understand it Ordinary shares 50c. Credit 8000 Means number of shares were Nominal value = 0.5 $8000÷0.5=16000 In T account in share capital account We have CR $8000 And now they added ?A final ordinary dividend of 10c per share is to be proposed. Proposed share won't write down any where in statement So I don't do anything? And T account for premium share Stay the same Cr $3000 But we have money in suspense account which represents the proceeds from the issue of 4000 ordinary share I'm confused. I can't get it. I need to understand it. I can't leave it. Please could you guide me more? That's my understanding : I know company Nominal value was 50c and we have cr $8000 in share capital a/c 8000÷0.5=16000 Cash: Dr $8000 Share capital : Cr $8000 10% × 16000=1600 1600×0.5($1-0.5)=800 irredeemable preference shares Cash: Dr. $8000 + $1600 Share capital : $8000 + $800 Share premium :$3000 (we had in T balance)+ $800 ?please could you guide me more? Thank you
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor8y ago#1
In your original question, there was a balance of $8,000 on the suspense account that was from the issue of shares. So the entry that will have made would have been Dr Cash Cr Suspense account. It related to the issue of 4,000 shares. Since the shares have a nominal value of $0.50, then 4,000 x 0.50 = $2,000 should go to the share capital account (making the total share capital 8,000 + 2,000 = $10,000). The extra $6,000 from the issue of shares (8,000 - 2000) is the share premium. This should go to the share premium account, making the total on share premium 9,000 (3,000 + 6,000). So the correcting entry is: Dr Suspense account 8,000 Cr Share capital account 2,000 Cr Share premium account 6,000 The balances on the preference shares account is not affected (nor is the balance on the loan notes account, but obviously this is not equity anyway). You are correct that the proposed dividend is not relevant (because it has not been paid). I have forgotten where you said you found this question, but is there not an answer in the same book?
PJParisa Jeanne8y ago#2
HI. Thank you for your full detailed answer. This question is in the Kaplan F3. Chapter 17. Test 1. There is an answer under statement of changes in equity (page 319), but I was so confused to understand that it's an adjustment from the Trial balane and actually there is some part of the answer in the question(in the Trial balance ). I thought I have to recalculate and write down again. The answer in the book says ?the issue of 400 shares for $8000 means they were issued at $2 each. If .... My apology , I became blind and I was only thinking of $2 ??how, from where .???.. However, now I understood it Thank you for your help again.
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor8y ago#3
You are welcome :-)
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