Fields Enterprises has 70,000 ordinary shares outstanding. It declares a €1.5 per share cash dividend on November 1 to shareholders of record on December 1. The dividend is paid on December 31. 1. What are the accounts that will be used on the declaration date? 2. What are the accounts that will be used on the record date? 3. What are the accounts that will be used on the payment date? 4. Prepare the entries on the appropriate dates to record the declaration and payment of the cash dividend.

1. Declaration date accounts: Retained Earnings (decrease) and Dividends Payable (increase). 2. Record date does not involve specific accounts. 3. Payment date accounts: Dividends Payable (decrease) and Cash (decrease). 4. Journal entries: Declared dividend - Retained Earnings (decrease), Dividends Payable (increase); Paid dividend - Dividends Payable (decrease), Cash (decrease).

1. On the declaration date (November 1), the accounts that will be used are:

  - Retained Earnings: Decrease by the total amount of the declared dividend (70,000 shares x €1.5 per share).

  - Dividends Payable: Increase by the total amount of the declared dividend.

2. On the record date (December 1), no new accounts are typically used. The record date is simply a reference point to determine which shareholders are eligible to receive the dividend.

3. On the payment date (December 31), the accounts that will be used are:

  - Dividends Payable: Decrease by the total amount of the dividend.

  - Cash: Decrease by the total amount of the dividend.

4. The journal entries to record the declaration and payment of the cash dividend are as follows:

  On November 1 (declaration date):

  Retained Earnings   xx

  Dividends Payable   xx

  (To record the declaration of cash dividend)

  On December 31 (payment date):

  Dividends Payable   xx

  Cash                xx

  (To record the payment of cash dividend)

The first entry on the declaration date reduces the retained earnings account to reflect the declaration of the dividend. The second entry on the payment date reduces the dividends payable account as the dividend is paid out to the shareholders, and the corresponding amount is debited to the cash account.

Please note that the specific amounts in the journal entries cannot be provided without the actual number of shares outstanding and the dividend per share amount.

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