The profit and loss account is used to determine the net profit of the business. The starting point for the profit and loss account is the balance carries down from the trading account which is the gross profit of business. Hope this helped you out...
Answer:
B. giving loans
Explanation:
The reserve requirement system requires commercial banks to maintain a small fraction of their deposits as a reserve. Only a small percentage of the checkable deposits is required to be held in the banks as reserves. The reserves requirement fractions vary with the monetary policy in place.
The percentage of reserve requirement ranges from 3% to 10%. It would hardly get to 20%. The rest other bigger percentage ( over 80%) is available to be used to create loans.
Answer:
Mapleleaf Industries
Journal Entry
Debit Cash Dividend $40,800
Credit Dividends Payable $40,800
To record the declaration of $0.85 per share cash dividend.
Explanation:
This journal entry shows the two accounts involved and how they are recorded when a cash dividend is declared (declaration date).
Calculation of cash dividends is based on 48,000 shares of common stock outstanding and not on the issued shares nor the authorized. Usually, dividends are only payable to shareholders of record, who appear on the register of the company as holders of the shares on the specified date (date of records).
So, the divided equals $40,800 (48,000 x $0.85).
