If the company issues common stock of $5,200 and pay dividends of $38,900, how much is net income (loss)?
Payment of Dividends are only from income earned during the year of payment of dividends or previous years accumulated incomes that is retained earnings.
Note that , no dividend shall be paid from paid in capital.
So there are two scenarios:
Scenario 1: there is no balance in retained earnings: If this is the first year of operations or there are no surplus in retained earnings, Net income = $38,900.
Scenario 2: If there is sufficient balance in retained earnings then amount of net income calculated after considering dividend amount whether paid from retained earnings or not.
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