On January 1, 1997, Johnson Soap Corporation issued 20,000 shares of $20 par value common stock at
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1. Give all entries indicated in parallel columns, assuming application of (a) the cost method and (b) the par value method.
2. Give the resulting balance in each one of the stockholders' equity accounts for each method.
3. Assume that on March 30, 1997 all remaining treasury stock shares are retired. Show the journal entries for (a) the cost method, and (b) the par value method.
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Financial Reporting and Analysis
ISBN: 978-0078025679
6th edition
Authors: Flawrence Revsine, Daniel Collins, Bruce, Mittelstaedt, Leon
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