Question

A company's board of directors votes to declare a cash dividend of $1.00 per share of common stock. The company has 20,000 shares authorized, 15,000 issued, and 14,500 shares outstanding. The total amount of the cash dividend is:

Answer 1

Answer:

$14,500

Explanation:

From the above, the below details are given;

Authorized share capital , which represent maximum number of shares that a company is allowed to issue.

Issued shares, which is the number of shares issued by a company including shares purchased and backed by a company(treasury stock).

There is also outstanding shares which is treasury stock less issued shares.

We do also know that treasury stock does not have any right of dividend because the shares are held by the company hence cannot pay dividend to itself.

Therefore, the total amount of the cash dividend is = 14,500 × $1.00

= $14,500