Question

A company sold 10,000 shares of its common stock at par value for a total of $45,000. What two accounts are affected by the transaction?

Answer 1

Cash and contributed capital

Step-by-step explanation:

The journal entry to record the sale of common stock is shown below:

Cash A/c Dr $45,000

To Common stock A/c $45,000

(Being the common stock is sold)

For recording this transaction, we debited the cash account as the sale is made which increases the asset and credited the common stock account because the common stock is sold which reduces the equity balance.