WorksheetsCORPORATION V2
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 41mins
Which is an advantage of a shareholder over a partner
Owner cannot directly control business operation
Owner can easily transfer his interest
Owner's liability is limited
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Which of the following is a major disadvantage of a corporation?
transferability of interest
availability of capital
limited liability
legal requirements
This account title is credited to represent shareholder's equity for contributions
made in cash, property or service.
share capital
subscribed share capital
subscription receivable
treasury share
The amount at which the issue price exceeds the par value is credited to
gain on share capital
share premium
discount on share capital
Shares of stock a corporation is allowed to issue.
Subscribed Shares
Treasury Shares
Authorized Shares
Issued SharesIssued Shares
One of these items may not form part of the shareholders' equity section
retained earnings
share premium
authorized shares capital
subscription receivable
Filipinas Inc. sold 100 shares of P100 par common stock for P120. In recording this transaction you should
credit ordinary share capital, P12,000
credit ordinary share premium, P12,000
credit ordinary share capital P2,000 and ordinary share premium, P10,000.
credit ordinary share capital P10,000 and ordinary share premium P2,000.
When 100 common shares of P100 par are subscribed for P120
subscription receivable should be debited for P12,000
subscription receivable should be debited for P10,000
subscribed receivable should be credited for P12,000
subscribed share capital should be debited for P12,000
When 100 common shares of P100 par are subscribed for P120
Refer to no. 8, the accountant should also credit
subscribed share capital for P12,000.
subscribed share capital for P10,000 and share premium for P2,000.
subscribed share capital for P10,000 and retained earnings for P2,000.
share capital for P10,000 and share premium for P2,000.
When a par value common stock is exchanged for an asset such as building, the common stock should be credited at the
par value
appraisal value of the asset
book value of the asset
original cost of the asset
When a par value common stock is exchanged for an asset such as building, thecommon stock should be credited at the
Refer to no. 10, building should be debited
at the par value of the stock
at its appraisal value
at its book value
at its original cost price
The credit balance of the income and expense summary of a corporation is closed
owner's capital
share capital
share premium
retained earnings
A CPA receivéd shares of stock for services rendered during incorporation. This should be
debited to accounting fees
debited to organization cost
debited to share capital
debited to treasury shares
Subscription receivable callable within one year should be presented as
current asset
non-current asset
part of paid in capital
deduction from paid in capital
Under the journal entry method, Unissued Share Capital is credited to record
authorization
issuance
collection
subscription
A distribution of profit to the shareholders is called
retained earnings
income summary
shareholders' drawing
dividends
To incorporate, the law requires that at least
the minimum paid up capital is P50,000
25% of the authorized should have been subscribed
25% of the authorized should have been paid.
25% of the authorized should have been subscribed and paid
A corporation organized for profit is called a
stock corporation
non- stock corporation
public corporation
non-government organization
The Corporation Code,of the Philippines provides a security to the creditors by requiring the corporation to set aside a minimum fund of permanent investment
which cannot be distributed to the shareholders in its lifetime.
legal capital
authorized capital
trust capital
fund theory
One of these is not an attribute of a corporation
judicial personality
legal entity
artificial being
mutual agency
A major difference between a preference share and an ordinary share is that
preferred share has controlling interest over the corporation.
preferred share has always a fixed amount of profit claim.
ordinary share has a claim on the net assets before the preferred stock
to the preferred share goes part of profit after the ordinary share
Preferred shareholders have preferential claim over the creditors in the assets of
the corporation. Preferred shareholders have preferential claims over the ordinary shareholders in the distribution of dividends.
Only the first statement is true.
Both statements are true
Only the second statement is true.
Both statements are false.
The following are considered contra shareholders' equity accounts
Donated shares
Subscribed shares
Treasury shares
Subscription receivable
The corporation's own stock that has been reacquired by purchasing it either in
the stock market or in a private transaction is called
preferred stock
common stock
donated stock
treasury stock
Stocks that are put under auction for failure of a subscriber to make good his subscription within one month from call date is called
retired stock
delinquent stock
donated stock
callable stock
If there are no bidders for the delinquent subscription, the corporation may bid and pay for the amount due which should be
debited to treasury stock and credited to cash
debited to treasury stock and credited to due from highest bidder
debited to paid in capital and credited to capital stock.
debited to capital stock and credited to due from highest bidder.
Corporate land was given in exchange for reacquired shares. Debit treasury shares at the
cost of the land
market value of the land
par value of the stock
market value of the stock
P20 par value stock was reacquired by the corporation at P50 and resold at P90.
The treasury stock should be credited at resale date based on
P50
P80
P20
P90
P20 par value stock was reacquired by the corporation at P50 and resold at P90. The treasury stock should be credited at resale date based on
Refer to no. 8. A paid in capital from treasury stock should be
credited for P70
credited for P40
credited for P30
ignored
The donation of land to the corporation by the city government will
increase its liabilities
increase retained earnings
decrease stockholders' equity
increase contributed capital
Stock donated by the stockholder should be
debited to Donated Capital
debited to Treasury Shares
debited to Share Capital
recorded as a memo entry only
Shares of stock acquired and immediately retired will
decrease liabilities
not affect capital stock
decrease contributed capital
increase assets
Stock donated by a stockholder was sold and credited to
treasury shares
Share capital
donated capital
Share premium
Treasury shares are
retired shares
shares issued and then acquired by the corporation
shares issued and outstanding
shares issued and retired
Which of the followinig statements is not true?
Treasury shares and unissued shares are both non-voting.
Treasury shares and unissued shares are both not entitled to dividends
Treasury shares came from subscribed shares
Treasury shares can be resold or retired.
A distribution of earned profits in the form of cash, property or stock.
dividend
retained earnings
appropriation
capital stock
Which one does not decrease retained earnings?
net income
appropriation
dividends
net loss
Which one does not decrease assets at the distribution date?
cash dividend
property dividend
scrip dividend
stock dividend
Which one does not affect total stockholders' equity?
cash dividend payable
stock dividend payable
scrip dividend payable
property dividend payable
Who are entitled to dividends?
issued shares
outstanding and subscribed shares
issued and outstanding shares
issued and subscribed shares
The following conditions must be present for cash dividends to be distributed except
sufficient retained earnings
sufficient unissued shares
declaration by the Board of Directors
sufficient cash
An example of a voluntary appropriation is an appropriation for
treasury share
bond redemption
machine acquisition
stock redemption
A dividend declared out of the investment in stocks of other companies is a
property dividend
stock dividend
scrip dividend
non- cash dividend
If the excess dividends are distributed to both common and preferred stockholders, the preferred shares are presumed to be
callable
cumulative
participating
cumlative and participating
Stocks were sold for cash to 10,000 stockholders on March 1, 2012S. The Boardof Directors declared a cash dividend of P10 on November 30 to stockholders on record as of December 15, payable on December 20. The accountant should not prepare an entry on
March 1
November 30
December 15
December 20
If a shareholder receives additional shares as stock dividend, his right over the corporation will increase.
true
false
The formula that is used to determine the net income that accrues to the shareholders per share of stock is the
earnings per share
book value per share
market value per share
price-earnings ratio
The networth of a share of stock is represented by the
earnings per share
market value per share
book value per share
par value per share
This formula is used to evaluate the attractiveness, of the stock since one could relate the cost of buying a share against how much a share earns in profit.
earnings per share
market share
book value
price-earnings ratio
A dividend payable in merchandise is called a
merchandise dividend
stock dividend
property dividend
cash dividend
WGA Corp. declared a 10% cash dividend on December 1 payable to shareholders on record as of December 31. A shareholder with 100 shares of a P10 par stock who bought another 100 shares on December 15 will receive
P100
P200
P 1,000
P2,000
Power Corporation declared a property dividend of 10 Meralco shares for one Power share held. Power share has a par value of P50 and a market value of PIOO. The Meralco shares were originally purchased at P10 per share. Its fair market value on declaration date was P20 and on distribution date was P25.Dividends should be
recorded at
P25
P100
P175
P15
Dividend in arrears are distributed to preferred stockholders
only when there is a declaration
if it is a cumulative stock
if it is a participating stock
only when there is a declaration and if it is a cumulative stock
