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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 PIACATL
CAPITAL CPITLAA

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

RETAINED TRNIDAEE
RETAINED DNERETIA

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

COMMON MMCOON
COMMON MCOOMN

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

STOCK SOKTC
STOCK KSCTO

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

COMPREHENSIVE EESVHPIOREMNC
COMPREHENSIVE EPHENISCOERMV

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

TREASURY YASURTER
TREASURY YEAUTRRS

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

LIABILITY AITLBYLII
LIABILITY ILIYTIALB

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 EMTRKA
MARKET KEAMTR

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

SPLIT LSIPT
SPLIT TPLIS

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

OUTSTANDING TGSDTAONNUI
OUTSTANDING NAUSIOGNTDT

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

BOOK BKOO
BOOK OBKO

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

ASSETS SSATES
ASSETS SSSATE

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

LIMITED EIMDLIT
LIMITED ILTEDMI

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

RETAINED ETNDEIRA
RETAINED AEINERTD

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

DIVIDEND VDDIENID
DIVIDEND IDIEDNDV

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

RESTRICT ITERTSRC
RESTRICT CREIRSTT

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

SPLIT PITSL
SPLIT PSITL

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

ARREARS RSARRAE
ARREARS RRASERA

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 RASYRUTE
TREASURY UYASRERT

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

DIVIDENDS VEIDDDSIN
DIVIDENDS DINEIDVDS
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