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22 February, 10:15

On March 15, American Eagle declares a quarterly cash dividend of $0.105 per share payable on April 13 to all stockholders of record on March 30. Required: Record American Eagle's declaration and payment of cash dividends for its 214 million shares. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answer in dollars, not in millions (i. e. $5.5 should be entered as 5,500,000).)

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  1. 22 February, 10:43
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    March 15 Debit Credit

    Dividends $22,470,000

    Dividends Payable $22,470,000

    March 30 No entry

    April 13

    Dividends Payable $22,470,000

    Cash $22,470,000

    Explanation:

    In order to record American Eagle's declaration and payment of cash dividends for its 214 million shares first we would require to calculate the dividends as follows:

    Dividends=214,000,000 shares*$0.105

    Dividends=$22,470,000

    Therefore, the journal entries would be the following:

    March 15 Debit Credit

    Dividends $22,470,000

    Dividends Payable $22,470,000

    March 30 No entry

    April 13

    Dividends Payable $22,470,000

    Cash $22,470,000
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