CPA REVIEW SCHOOL OF THE PHILIPPINES
Manila
AUDITING PROBLEMS
AUDIT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY - QUIZZERS
PROBLEM NO. 1
Resolve Corporation began operations on January 1, 2005. The company was authorized to issue 60,000 shares of P10 par value common stock and 120,000 shares of
10%, P100 par value convertible preferred stock.
In connection with your audit of the company’s financial statements, you noted the following transactions involving stockholders’ equity during 2005:
Jan.
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Issued 1,500 shares of common stock to the corporation promoters in exchange for property valued at P510,000 and services valued at
P210,000. The property costs P270,000 3 years ago and was carried on the promoters’ books at P150,000.
Jan. 31
Issued 30,000 shares of convertible preferred stock at P150 per share.
Each share can be converted to five shares of common stock. The corporation paid P225,000 to an agent for selling the shares.
Feb. 15
Sold 9,000 shares of common stock at P390 per share. The corporation paid issue costs of P75,000.
May 30
Received subscriptions for 12,000 shares of common stock at P450 per share. Aug. 30
Issued 2,100 shares of common stock and 4,200 shares of preferred stock in exchanged for a building with a fair market value of P1,530,000.
The building was originally purchased for P1,140,000 by the investors and has a book value of P660,000. In addition, 1,800 shares of common stock were sold for P720,000 cash.
Nov. 15
Payments in full for half of the subscriptions and partial payments for the rest of the subscriptions were received. Total cash received was
P4,200,000. Shares of stock were issued for the fully paid subscriptions.
Dec.
Declared a cash dividend of P10 per share on preferred stock, payable on December 31 to stockholders of record on December 15, and P20 per share cash dividend on common stock, payable on January 15, 2006 to stockholders of record on December 15.
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Dec. 31
Paid the preferred stock dividend.
Net income for