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Ken Young and Kim Sherwood organized Reader Direct as a corporation; each contributed $49,000 cash to start the business and received 4,000 shares of stock

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Ken Young and Kim Sherwood organized Reader Direct as a corporation; each contributed $49,000 cash to start the business and received 4,000 shares of stock. The store completed its first year of operations on December 31, 2017. On that date, the following financial items for the year were determined: cash on hand and in the bank, $44,500; amounts due from customers from sales of books. $27,900, equipment, $48,000; amounts owed to publishers for books purchased, $8,400; one-year notes payable to a local bank for $4,350. No dividends were declared or paid to the stockholders during the year. 4. Assuming that Reader Direct generates net income of $8,000 and pays dividends of $3,000 in 2018, what would be the ending Retoined Earnings balance at December 31, 2018?

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Ans To calculate the ending Retained Earnings balance at December 31, 2018.

Sol:

Ending Retained Earnings balance at December 31, 2018

= Beginning Retained Earnings+ Net income/ Net loss- Cash dividends/Stock dividends.

= 107,650 + 8000 - 3000

= $112,650

Note: Beginning Retained earnings

= Cash on hand and bank + Amounts receivable + Equiupment - Amounts payable to purchaser - Notes payable to bank .

= 44500 + 27900 + 48000 - 8400 - 4350

= $107,650

We assume there were no other assets and liabilities other than mentioned above.