Computation of Dividends to Common Stockholders of a Company

Question

Johnson’s Corporation has 10,000 shares of 2%, $10 par cumulative preferred stock and 45,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Johnson declared no dividends in 2013. In 2014, Johnson declares a total dividend of $54,000. How much of the dividends go to the common stockholders?

Summary

This question belongs to accounting and discusses about computation how much of the dividends go to the common stockholders.

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