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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 LATICAP
CAPITAL APICLAT

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

RETAINED AEDIENTR
RETAINED ETIARNDE

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

COMMON NCOOMM
COMMON CNMOOM

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

STOCK CSKOT
STOCK OCKST

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

COMPREHENSIVE ENRPMOIESHVCE
COMPREHENSIVE EEHNSMPERCVOI

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

TREASURY YARSRTEU
TREASURY EYATURSR

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

LIABILITY TIALYBILI
LIABILITY IBAILYLTI

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 TKRAEM
MARKET EKATRM

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

SPLIT ILSTP
SPLIT SLITP

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

OUTSTANDING TTSONINUAGD
OUTSTANDING NGOUSAITTND

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

BOOK OKOB
BOOK OBKO

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

ASSETS SSSAET
ASSETS SSEATS

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

LIMITED IILEMDT
LIMITED ITELIDM

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

RETAINED ERNITEDA
RETAINED EAIEDTNR

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

DIVIDEND IENVDDDI
DIVIDEND EIDNDVDI

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

RESTRICT TITRCRES
RESTRICT ESTICRRT

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

SPLIT ITLPS
SPLIT TSIPL

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

ARREARS RESARAR
ARREARS ASRERRA

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 ERSRUYTA
TREASURY RUYSAERT

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

DIVIDENDS DDSNEIVID
DIVIDENDS SIDDNEVDI
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