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Rolman Corporation is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of $5 par value common stock. In its first year the company has the following stock transactions.
Jan. 10 Issued 400,000 shares of stock at $8 per share.
Sept. 1 Purchased 10,000 shares of common stock for the treasury at $9 per share.
Dec. 24 Declared a cash dividend of 10 cents per share on common stock outstanding.
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a. I dont need the Journalize transactions.
b. I don't need you to prepare the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet assuming the company had retained earnings of $150,600 at December 31.
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Problems encountered when accounting for the issue and repurchase of stock by a firm.

Issue and Repurchase of shares
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Rolman Corporation is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of $5 par value common stock. In its first year the company has the following stock transactions.
Jan. 10 Issued 400,000 shares of stock at $8 per share.
Sept. 1 Purchased 10,000 shares of common stock for the treasury at $9 per share.
Dec. 24 Declared a cash ...

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