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This is an intermediate accounting question about Stockholder's Equity. (Chp15)
Common stock outstanding: 600,000 shares, par $1 per share $600,000
Paid-in capital in excess of par value 2,400,000
Retained earnings 30,000,000
The following transactions occurred this year:
Assume Todd uses a FIFO method to account for cost of treasury shares it reissues. Prepare the entry for each of these transactions under the cost method of accounting for treasury stock.
Journal entry
| Date | account and explanation | debit | credit |
| Feb 2015 | Treasury Stock (200000*10) | 2000000 | |
| Cash | 2000000 | ||
| (To record treasury stock) | |||
| Apr 2015 | Cash (100000*9.5) | 950000 | |
| Retained earnings | 50000 | ||
| Treasury stock | 1000000 | ||
| (to record sale of treasury stock) | |||
| May 2015 | Cash (50000*10.25) | 512500 | |
| Treasury stock (50000*10) | 500000 | ||
| Paid in capital from sale of treasury stock | 12500 | ||
| (To record sale of treasury stock) | |||
| July 2015 | Treasury Stock (50000*9.95) | 497500 | |
| Cash | 497500 | ||
| (To record purchase treasury stock) | |||
| Aug 2015 | Cash (80000*10.5) | 840000 | |
| Treasury stock (50000*10+30000*9.95) | 798500 | ||
| Paid in capital from sale of treasury stock | 41500 | ||
| (To record sale of treasury stock) | |||
| Sep 2015 | Treasury stock (10000*11) | 110000 | |
| Cash | 110000 | ||
| (To record purchase treasury stock) | |||
| Dec 2015 | Cash (15000*15) | 225000 | |
| Treasury Stock (15000*9.95) | 149250 | ||
| Paid in capital from sale of treasury stock | 75750 | ||
| (To record sale of treasury stock) |