Answer:
Target Inc.
a. Under the cost method, as adopted by Target Inc., the cost of acquiring the treasury stock is debited to the Treasury Stock account and credited to the Cash account. This means that there is no differentiation of the extra $10 just as there is no differentiation between the par-value and the cost of acquiring each share.
b. Journal Entry:
Debit Treasury Stock $40,000
Credit Cash $40,000
To record the repurchase of 10,000 shares at $40 each.
c. The FASB Codification which addresses Treasury Stock accounting is called Codification Topic 505-30. The cost of treasury stock is reported separately from the gain or loss.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Total number of shares purchased = 10,000
Price paid for the purchase = $40
Market price of the share = $30
Extra cost paid = $10
b) Two methods are adopted for recording treasury stock. There is the par-value method. This method records the treasury stock at the par value multiplied by the number of treasury stock. The difference in the purchase cost and the par-value is then recorded in the Additional Paid-in Capital account. The other method is the cost method. Here, the cost of acquiring the treasury stock (not the par-value) is recorded in the Treasury Stock account, with a credit entry to the Cash account. Treasury Stock account is a contrary account to the stockholders' equity, and as a result, is a deduction from the amounts in the Stockholders' Equity in the balance sheet, in both cases.
