When previously declared cash dividends on common stock are paid which account would the corporation debit?
a. dividends payable - preferred stock
b. cash
c. dividends payable - common stock
d. cash dividends

C.

Explanation:

Financial Statements depicts the financial position of a firm at a particular point of time or specified date. The users of financial statements use various types of analysis to understand or compare the current financial statements of the company to prior years or with those of the competitors.

The journal entry on declaration of dividend would lead to a debit to retained earnings and credit to dividends payable.

No journal entry is passed on the date of recording dividend.

Later, on the date of payment of dividend would lead to a debit to dividends payable and credit to cash account.

The journal entries have been shown below: