Reference no: EM132654174

Question - Samuel Corporation was organized on January 1, 2018. During its first year, the corporation issued 20,000 shares of $100 par value preferred stock and 100,000 shares of $50 par value common stock. Samuel declared $60,000 of cash dividends in 2018, $80,000 of cash dividends in 2019, and $180,000 of cash dividends in 2020.

Required -

(a) Show the allocation of dividends to each class of stock for all three years, assuming the preferred stock dividend is 4% and noncumulative.

(b) Show the allocation of dividends to each class of stock for all three years, assuming the preferred stock dividend is 5% and cumulative.