FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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Concord Inc. recently hired a new accountant with extensive experience in accounting for partnerships. Because of the pressure of the new job, the accountant was unable to review what he had learned earlier about corporation accounting. During the first month, he made the following entries for the corporation’s capital stock.

Date
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
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May 2
Cash
208,000
 
 
   Capital Stock
 
208,000
 
(Issued  13,000 shares of $ 5 par value common stock at $ 16 per share)
   
May 10
Cash
660,000
 
 
   Capital Stock
 
660,000
 
(Issued  11,000 shares of $ 30 par value preferred stock at $ 60 per share)
   
May 15
Capital Stock
14,400
 
 
   Cash
 
14,400
 
(Purchased  900 shares of common stock for the treasury at $ 16 per share)
   
May 31
Cash
13,500
 
 
   Capital Stock
 
7,500
 
   Gain on Sale of Stock
 
6,000
 
(Sold  750 shares of treasury stock at $ 18 per share)
   


On the basis of the explanation for each entry, prepare the entries that should have been made for the capital stock transactions. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

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