Prepare the entries that should have been made for the


Exercise 1- Garcia Corporation recently hired a new accountant with extensive experience in accounting for partnerships. Because of the pressure of the new job, the accountant was unable to review what he had learned earlier about corporation accounting. During the first month, he made the following entries for the corporation's capital stock.

May 2 Cash 98,020
    Capital Stock 98,020
       (Issued 7,540 shares of $10 par value common stock at $13 per share)
10 Cash 670,800
    Capital Stock 670,800
       (Issued 12,900 shares of $15 par value preferred stock at $52 per share)
15 Capital Stock 9,450
    Cash 9,450
       (Purchased 630 shares of common stock for the treasury at $15 per share)

On the basis of the explanation for each entry, prepare the entries that should have been made for the capital stock transactions. (Record entries in the order displayed in the problem statement. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

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