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When a company issues 37,000 shares of par value common stock for $10 per share, the journal entry for this issuance would include

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Given a par value of $ 1 , and an issue price of $ 10 , the shares were issued at a premium of ( 10 -1 = ) $ 9 . Therefore , the journal entry are as follows . Debit Cash Account ( 37,000 * $ 10 ) = $ 370,000 Credit Common Stock Account ( 37,000 * $ 1 ) = $ 37,000 Credit Share Premium Account ( 37,000 * $ 9 ) = $ 333,000 .

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