In: Accounting
Hansen Corporation's balance sheet reported the following:
Common stock issued and outstanding - 10,000 shares $80,000
Paid-in capital in excess of par – common stock 120,000
Retained earnings 300,000
Prepare the journal entry for the following transactions that occurred this year:
(a) Purchased 200 shares of capital stock to be held as treasury stock, paying $75 per share.
(b) Sold 80 of the shares of treasury stock at $80 per share.
(c) Sold 70 shares of treasury stock at $65 per share.
(d) Retired the remaining shares
| Solution: | |||||
| Journal Entries | |||||
| Sr. No. | Date | Account Title and explanation | Debit | Credit | |
| 1 | A | Treasurry stock (200 Shares X $ 75) | $15,000 | ||
| Cash | $15,000 | ||||
| (To Record the purchase of treasurry Stock) | |||||
| 2 | B | Cash (80 Shares X $ 80) | $6,400 | ||
| Treasurry Stock (80 Shares X $ 75) | $6,000 | ||||
| Addittional Paid in Capital - Treasurry Stock | $400 | ||||
| (To record the resold of treasury stock) | |||||
| 3 | C | Cash (70 Shares X $ 65) | $4,550 | ||
| Addittional Paid in Capital - Treasurry Stock (Balance) | $400 | ||||
| Retained Earnings | $300 | ||||
| Treasurry Stock (70 Shares X $ 75) | $5,250 | ||||
| (To record the resold of treasury stock) | |||||
| 4 | D | Common Stock (50 Shares X $ 8) | $400 | ||
| Paid in Capital in excess of par - Common Stock | $3,350 | ||||
| Treasury Stock (50 Shares X $ 75) | $3,750 | ||||
| (To record the retire of remainning 50 Shares) | |||||