Question

Horton Co. was organized on January 2, 2014, with 500,000 authorized shares of $10 par value common stock. During 2014, Horton had the following capital transactions:

January 5-issued 375,000 shares at $14 per share.
July 27-purchased 25,000 shares at $11 per share.
November 25-sold 18,000 shares of treasury stock at $13 per share.

Horton used the cost method to record the purchase of the treasury shares. What would be the balance in the Paid-in Capital from Treasury Stock account at December 31, 2014?

Answer 1

The balance in the Paid-in Capital from Treasury Stock account at December 31, 2014 is $36,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the balance in the treasury stock account is shown below:

= Number of shares sold × (Selling price of share - purchase price of share)

= 18,000 shares × ($13 per share - $11 per share)

= 18,000 shares × $2 per share

= $36,000

The other items which are mentioned like issued shares, authorized shares are irrelevant because we have to compute for the treasury stock, not for the common stock. So, these parts would be ignored in the computation part.