Jacobs Corporation Has the Following Shareholders' Equity on December 31

question 100

Multiple Choice

Jacobs Corporation has the following shareholders' equity on December 31, 2014:
Shareholders' equity
-If 10,000 common shares were reacquired for $17 per share, the journal entry to record the transaction would

• A) credit Contributed Surplus for $30,000.
• B) debit Retained Earnings for $30,000.
• C) credit Common Shares for $170,000.
• D) debit Common Shares for $170,000.

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