How To Account For Dividend Payments?
Upon the board of directors’ declaration of a dividend, the amount to be paid to stockholders is debited from their equity account Retained Earnings and credited to their current liabilities account Dividends Payable. The temporary account Dividends may be used instead of the Retained Earnings in some organizations. The Dividends account is then closed to […]
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