Assume that during 2011, Tompkins Financial Corporation repurchased 1,500 of its own shares at an average price

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Assume that during 2011, Tompkins Financial Corporation repurchased 1,500 of its own shares at an average price of $38.67 per share. Par value was $.10 per share. Assume the shares were originally issued for $28.

1. Prepare the journal entry for the 2011 purchase of shares assuming that they were treated as treasury shares.

2. Assume instead, that Tompkins did not add the repurchased shares to treasury stock. Instead, it canceled the shares and returned them to unissued status. This is accounted for with a debit to Capital Stock at Par Value, a debit to Additional Paid-in Capital for the surplus created by the initial issuance, and a debit to Retained Earnings for the remainder. Give the actual entry Tompkins made.


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Par Value
Par value is the face value of a bond. Par value is important for a bond or fixed-income instrument because it determines its maturity value as well as the dollar value of coupon payments. The market price of a bond may be above or below par,...
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Introduction to Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0133251036

11th edition

Authors: Charles Horngren, Gary Sundem, John Elliott, Donna Philbrick

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