Edward Accounting Services has an outstanding issue of 1,000 shares preferred stock with a $100 par value, an 9 percent annual dividend, and 5,000 shares of common stock outstanding
If the stock is cumulative and the board of directors has passed the preferred dividend for the last two years, how much must preferred stockholders be paid prior to paying dividends to common stockholders?
The amount to be paid to preferred stockholders prior to paying dividends to common stockholders = Cumulative preferred dividends + Current year preferred dividend = $9,000 × 2 + $9,000 = $27,000
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