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Stockholders' Equity (Word Scramble)

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Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA

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1. The proceeds from issuing common or preferred stock is reported as paid-in or contributed ____________.

CAPITAL IPLTCAA
CAPITAL CPTAILA

2. A major section of stockholders' equity is ___________ earnings.

RETAINED ITERNDAE
RETAINED DREINTEA

3. If a corporation has only one type of stock it will be __________ stock.

COMMON CMNMOO
COMMON MOOCMN

4. A corporation's income statement will not report a gain or loss from transactions involving its own ___________.

STOCK KCTOS
STOCK CTOSK

5. The cumulative amount of other ______________ income is reported as a separate amount within stockholders' equity.

COMPREHENSIVE SPIVCMRNEOEHE
COMPREHENSIVE CVEEHIRPNMSEO

6. A corporation's own stock that it has repurchased, but has not retired is _____________ stock.

TREASURY RASRETYU
TREASURY UEAYRSRT

7. At the time that a corporation's board of directors declares a cash dividend, a current ____________ is created.

LIABILITY TAIIILLYB
LIABILITY YBATILLII

8. When a small stock (not cash) dividend is declared, the _________ value of the new shares is transferred from retained earnings to paid-in capital.

MARKET ETMRAK
MARKET EAMTKR

9. A 100% stock dividend will provide stockholders with the same number of shares as a 2-for-1 stock _________.

SPLIT ILPST
SPLIT TLIPS

10. A cash dividend is based on the number of __________________ shares of stock.

OUTSTANDING TOANGIUSTND
OUTSTANDING OIUTDNTSGNA

11. Stockholders' equity is the total ________ value of a corporation.

BOOK OBOK
BOOK BKOO

12. Stockholders' equity reports the owners' residual interest in the corporation's _________.

ASSETS SSASET
ASSETS ESSSAT

13. A major advantage of the corporation as a form of business is the stockholders' _________ liability.

LIMITED LITEDMI
LIMITED ETIIMDL

14. The cumulative amount of the corporation's earnings minus the cumulative amount of dividends declared is a general description of __________ earnings.

RETAINED TEDIAREN
RETAINED RNEADETI

15. A distribution of a part of a corporation's earnings to its stockholders.

DIVIDEND VIENIDDD
DIVIDEND EIVIDDND

16. A corporation might ___________ its retained earnings because of a future cash need.

RESTRICT RCRSTETI
RESTRICT STCTRREI

17. A stock ________ will not cause a change in the balances of the stockholders' equity accounts.

SPLIT ILTSP
SPLIT PTLIS

18. A corporation that has omitted the dividends on its cumulative preferred stock needs to disclose that it has dividends in __________.

ARREARS RSREARA
ARREARS RAARRES

19. The difference in the number of issued shares of common stock and the number of outstanding shares of common stock is related to the number of shares of ___________ stock.

TREASURY UESTRRAY
TREASURY AESUTRYR

20. Preferred stock will have preferential treatment over common stock in liquidation and _____________.

DIVIDENDS IVDSDNIED
DIVIDENDS DDIVEINDS
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