Question - Inland Corporation issued 50,000 shares of $3 par value common stock at $21 per share and 9,000 shares of $30 par value, ten percent preferred stock at $85 per share. Later, the company purchased 2,000 shares of its own stock at $2000 a share.
a) Prepare the journal entries to record the share issuances and the purchase of the common shares.
b) Assume that Inland sold 1,500 shares of the treasury stock at $28 per share. Prepare the journal entry to record the sale of the treasury stock.
c) Assume that Inland sold the remaining 500 shares at $20 a share. Prepare the journal entry to record this sale of the treasury stock.