The Board of Directors of Irondale Corporation Declared a Cash

question 131

Multiple Choice

The board of directors of Irondale Corporation declared a cash dividend of $2.50 per share on 57,000 shares of common stock on June 14, 2010. The dividend is to be paid on July 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on July 1, 2010. The effects of the entry to record the payment of the dividend on July 15, 2010, are to

• A) increase assets and decrease stockholders' equity.
• B) decrease stockholders' equity and decrease liabilities.
• C) decrease liabilities and decrease assets.
• D) increase stockholders' equity and decrease liabilities.

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Definitions:

Allowance Method

An accounting technique used to account for bad debts, estimating uncollectible accounts as an expense to the income statement and reducing accounts receivable on the balance sheet.

Allowance Method

An accounting technique used to estimate and account for bad debts by establishing an allowance for doubtful accounts.

Bad Debts Expense

An expense reported on the income statement, accounting for the estimated amount of accounts receivable that are not expected to be collected.

Allowance Method

The allowance method is an accounting technique used to estimate and prepare for the amount of accounts receivable that may not be collectible.