Question - Camby Corporation's balance sheet reported the following:
Capital stock outstanding, 5,000 shares, par $30 per share $150,000
Paid-in capital in excess of par 80,000
Retained earnings 100,000
The following transactions occurred this year:
(a) Purchased 120 shares of capital stock to be held as treasury stock, paying $60 per share.
(b) Sold 90 of the shares of treasury stock at $65 per share.
(c) Sold the remaining shares of treasury stock at $50 per share.
Instructions - Prepare the journal entry for these transactions under the cost method of accounting for treasury stock.