Prepare general journal entries for the following transactions, identifying each transaction by letter: (a) Gnu Company issued

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Prepare general journal entries for the following transactions, identifying each transaction by letter:

(a) Gnu Company issued 5,000 shares of $1 par common stock to the Prendergas law firm as partial payment of fees incurred to incorporate the business. Gnu was short of cash, so Prendergas agreed to accept $10,000 cash and the shares of common stock in full settlement of its bill for $55,000.

(b) Gnu issued 50,000 shares of $1 par common stock in exchange for a parcel of land for building a shopping plaza. (The list price for the land was $400,000; a similar parcel in the same area sold last week for $380,000. During the past month, the price at which Gnu’s common stock has traded on the open market has ranged from $5 to $12 per share. Two trades occurred yesterday at $7 and $10 per share.)

(c) Gnu purchased 10,000 shares of $1 par value common treasury stock for $70,000. (This is the only treasury stock that Gnu holds.)

(d) Gnu sold 4,000 shares of common treasury stock for $32,000.

(e) Gnu sold 5,000 shares of common treasury stock for $30,000.

Common Stock
Common stock is an equity component that represents the worth of stock owned by the shareholders of the company. The common stock represents the par value of the shares outstanding at a balance sheet date. Public companies can trade their stocks on...
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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College Accounting

ISBN: 978-0538745192

20th Edition

Authors: Heintz and Parry

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