@dcflcpa – when you buy back shares, the treasury stock is recorded by reducing the amounts of par value and apic for common stock. So to do that you would debit t/s at par value, and debit apic common stock for the original issue price attributable to the acquired shares. basically you have to reduce your apic common stock when you buy back shares. but since you bought back at the par value price, and this is not the cost method, you would have to balance your journal entires by also setting up apic treasury stock. — that is my reasoning, if anyone disagrees or if i'm wrong please correct!!
but if I think about journal entries for 10,000 shares of $10 par issued at $15 per share
dr. cash 150,000
cr. common stock at par 100,000
cr. apic c/s (plug) 50,000 —-> $5 per share
if i buy back 200 shares for $12 per share
dr. treasury stock at par 2,000
dr. apic c/s at $5 1,000
cr. cash 2,400
cr. apic t/s plug 600
I think the issue with the above example was that the par value and issue price are literally a dollar difference so it was difficult to see the t/s plug more clearly and thats why i did the entry of 1,000 for apic c/s and 1,000 for apic t/s to see how much apic t/s i would have in case i have to use it up and resort to debiting my retained earnings
BEC: 65 - 79* - 84 DONE
AUD: 65 - 76 DONE
REG: 63 - 77 DONE
FAR: 65 - 63 - 67 - 69 - 73 - 71 - 83 DONE
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