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What is common stock and treasury?

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What is the journal entry for repurchasing common stock as treasury stock?

Debit treasury stockCredit cash / bank


Is treasury stock included in common equity?

Treasury stock is contra to share capital account as it is those shares which company purchase from own capital to reduce the share capital amount.


What type of account is treasury stock?

Treasury stock is a stockholders equity stock. Treasury stock is stock that a company buys back in order to reduce the amount of outstanding stock available on the market.


What is difference between common stock and treasury stock of a corp.?

Common stock are the shares issued by a company to the public. Treasury stock are the common shares that the same company has bought back from the public. Companies tend to to do this when they want to restrict the number of total outstanding shares in the market. Another reason to buy back stocks is to hopefully sell them back to the market when the price per stock increases.


When a treasury stock is reissued for less than its cost what is credited?

the treasury stock account


Do you include treasury stock in stock splits?

no.


Are dividends paid on treasury stock?

cash dividends are not paid on treasury stock, but what about stock dividends? I would think stock dividends would apply to treasury shares, but would like to know for sure. Also, I assume stock splits apply to treasury shares and would like this verified.


Is treasury stock the same as capital stock?

Treasury stock is contra of capital stock used by company to purchase own capital stock to reduce the paid in capital.


When the selling price of treasury stock is greater than its cost the company credits the difference to?

Treasury Stock


Does the acqusion of treasury stock by a corporation increase total assets and total stockholders equity?

Treasury Stock is the stock that the corporation has sold and then reacquired. Treasury Stock is a Contraequity account that increases when debited and decreases when credited. Does this answer your question.


Is stock repurchased by the issuing company called treasury stock?

1. Treasury stock is a corporation's own stock that has been issued, fully paid for, and reacquired by the corporation and is being held in it's treasury for future use.


Which of these is a type of security dividend corporate bond common stock or treasury note?

None of the above are a type of dividend.