To illustrate the entries for cash dividends, consider the following example. On January 21, a corporation’s board of directors declared a 2% cash dividend on $100,000 of outstanding common stock. The dividend will be paid on March 1, to stockholders of record on February 5. A stock dividend is considered to be large if the new shares being issued are more than 20-25% of the total value of shares outstanding prior to the stock dividend. On the declaration date of a large stock dividend, a journal entry is made to transfer the par value of the shares being issued from retained earnings to the paid-in capital section of stockholders' equity. Also, there is no entry on the record date (April 15 in this case). The record date merely determines the names of the stockholders that will receive the dividends. Dividends are only paid on outstanding shares of stock; no dividends are paid on the treasury stock. On May 1, when the dividends are paid, the following journal entry is made.