Accounting for Cash Dividends Involves Four Important Dates

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Essay

Accounting for cash dividends involves four important dates. Some of these dates have accounting significance and some do not.
Instructions
Identify and briefly discuss each of the four dates connected with accounting for dividends and indicate which require a journal entry.

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