Garcia Corporation 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.
May 2
Cash
104,520
Capital Stock
104,520
(Issued 8,040 shares of $11 par value common stock at $13 per share)
10
Cash
821,700
Capital Stock
821,700
(Issued 14,940 shares of $19 par value preferred stock at $55 per share)
15
Capital Stock
9,240
Cash
9,240
(Purchased 840 shares of common stock for the treasury at $11 per share)
On the basis of the explanation for each entry, prepare the entries that should have been made for the capital stock transactions. (Record entries in the order displayed in the problem statement. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
Date
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
pays out a higher percentage of its earnings.
Problem 11-5A
Pringle Corporation has been authorized to issue 21,700 shares of $100 par value, 9%, noncumulative preferred stock and 1,059,400 shares of no-par common stock.
The corporation assigned a $5 stated value to the common stock. At December 31, 2014, the ledger contained the following balances pertaining to stockholders’ equity.
Preferred Stock
$165,300
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par Value—Preferred Stock
21,340
Common Stock
2,080,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Stated Value—Common Stock
1,485,000
Treasury Stock— (3,450 common shares)
34,500
Retained Earnings
84,600
The preferred stock was issued for $186,640 cash. All common stock issued was for cash. In November 3,450 shares of common stock were purchased for the treasury at a per share cost of $10. No dividends were declared in 2014.
Prepare the journal entries for the following. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
(1)
Issuance of preferred stock for cash.
(2)
Issuance of common stock for cash.
(3)
Purchase of common treasury stock for cash.
No.
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
1.
$
:
$
$
pays out a higher percentage of its earnings.
Problem 11-5A
Pringle Corporation has been authorized to issue 21,700 shares of $100 par value, 9%, noncumulative preferred stock and 1,059,400 shares of no-par common stock.
The corporation assigned a $5 stated value to the common stock. At December 31, 2014, the ledger contained the following balances pertaining to stockholders’ equity.
Preferred Stock
$165,300
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par Value—Preferred Stock
21,340
Common Stock
2,080,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Stated Value—Common Stock
1,485,000
Treasury Stock— (3,450 common shares)
34,500
Retained Earnings
84,600
The preferred stock was issued for $186,640 cash. All common stock issued was for cash. In November 3,450 shares of common stock were purchased for the treasury at a per share cost of $10. No dividends were declared in 2014.
Prepare the journal entries for the following. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
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