The Beginning Balance in the Common Stock Account of a Company

question 24

True/False

The beginning balance in the Common Stock account of a company was $10,000. The revenues and expenses were $200,000 and $140,000, respectively. During the year, the company declared and paid dividends of $5,000. The ending balance in the Retained Earnings was $55,000. (Assume that the beginning balance of Retained Earnings was zero.)

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