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City Publishing was recently organized

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City Publishing was recently organized. The company issued common stock to an attorney who provided legal services worth $17,000 to help organize the corporation. City Publishing also issued common stock to an inventor in exchange for his patent with a market value of $64,000. In addition, City received cash both for the issuance of 5,000 shares of its preferred stock at $70 per share and for the issuance of 16,000 of its common shares at $5 per share. During the first year of operations, City Publishing earned net income of $74,000 and declared a cash dividend of $26,000. Without making journal entries, determine the total paid-in capital created by these transactions.

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Paid-in capital consists of:

 

Issued common stock for legal services.........................................

$ 17,000

Issued common stock for patent................................................

64,000

Issued preferred stock (5,000 shares × $70)..................................

Issued common stock for cash (16,000 shares × $5).................

350,000

80,000

Total paid-in capital..................................................................

$511,000

     

 

Unused data:

Net income

Dividends declared