At December 31, 2020, the balance sheet of Meca International included the following shareholders equity accounts: Shareholders
Question:
At December 31, 2020, the balance sheet of Meca International included the following shareholders’ equity accounts:
Shareholders’ Equity .......................................($ in millions)
Common stock, 60 million shares at $1 par .......$ 60
Paid-in capital—excess of par ...............................300
Retained earnings ...................................................410
Required:
Assuming that Meca International views its share buybacks as treasury stock, record the appropriate journal entry for each of the following transactions:
1. On February 12, 2021, Meca reacquired 1 million common shares at $13 per share.
2. On June 9, 2022, Meca reacquired 2 million common shares at $10 per share.
3. On May 25, 2023, Meca sold 2 million treasury shares at $15 per share. Determine cost as the weightedaverage cost of treasury shares.
4. For the previous transaction, assume Meca determines the cost of treasury shares by the FIFO method.
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-1260481952
10th edition
Authors: J. David Spiceland, James Sepe, Mark Nelson, Wayne Thomas