Blossom Corporation began operations on January 1, 2017. During
its first 3 years of operations, Blossom reported net income and
declared dividends as follows:
Net income |
Dividends declared |
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2017 | $43,300 | $ –0– | ||||
2018 | 127,900 | 52,400 | ||||
2019 | 165,300 | 51,100 |
The following information relates to 2020.
Income before income tax | $227,400 | ||
Prior period adjustment: understatement of 2018 depreciation expense (before taxes) | $25,900 | ||
Cumulative decrease in income from change in inventory methods (before taxes) | $41,100 | ||
Dividends declared (of this amount, $25,900 will be paid on Jan. 15, 2021) | $103,500 | ||
Effective tax rate | 20 | % |
Assume Blossom Corporation restricted retained earnings in the amount of $75,090 on December 31, 2020. After this action, what would Blossom report as total retained earnings in its December 31, 2020, balance sheet?
Total retained earnings |
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first let us know the balance of retained earnings:
opening balance of retained earnings (43300+127900+165300-52400-51100) | 233,000 |
less:correction for depreciation net off tax (25,900 -20%) | (20,720) |
less: decrease in inventory (41,100-20%) | (32,880) |
adjusted balance of retained earnings | 179,400 |
add: net income after tax (227,400-20%) | 181,920 |
361,320 | |
less: dividend declared | (103,500) |
closing balance of retained earnings | 257,820 |
even after restricting retained earnings to $75,090, the retained earnings on december 31 2020 will be reported at 244,420.
total retained earnings | 257,820 |
working:
retained earnings | |
appropriated | 75,090 |
unappropriated (244,420-75,090) | 182,730 |
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