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ISBN: 9781337690881

Author: Jay Rich, Jeff Jones

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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The stockholders’ equity (often referred to as the book value of the company) is the number of assets available to the stockholder after its entire liabilities is paid off. The stockholders’ equity is also sometimes referred to as owner's equity. The sto…

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Chapter 10, Problem 6MCQ

Ames Corporation repurchases 10,000 shares of its common stock for $12 per share. The shares were originally issued at an average price of $10 per share. Later it resells 6,000 of the shares for $15 per share and the remaining 4,000 shares for $17 per share. How much gain or loss should Ames report on its income statement as a result of these transactions?

$38.000 gain
$0
$20,000 loss
$20,000 loss and $38,000 gain

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Solution Summary: The author explains that Treasury stock is the shares bought back by the company itself. The journal entries are made at the time of sale and purchase of treasury stock.

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