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Red Apple Company has the following stockholders’ equity accounts at December 31, 2017.
Common Stock ($60 par value, authorized 25,000 shares) $900.000
Retained Earnings 569,000
Prepare entries in journal form to record the following transactions, which took place during 2018.
• 400 shares of outstanding stock were purchased at $73 per share. (These are to be accounted for using the cost method.)
• A $4 per share cash dividend was declared.
• The dividend declared in (2) above was paid.
• The treasury shares purchased in (1) above were resold at $78 per share.
• 380 shares of outstanding stock were purchased at $80 per share.
• 250 of the shares purchased in (5) above were resold at $71 per share.
(b) Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of Red Apple Company’s balance sheet after giving effect to these transactions, assuming that the net income for 2018 was $161,000. State law requires restriction of retained earnings for the amount of treasury stock.