Question

On June 2nd, SEAkayak had the following details for its common stock: 1,000,000 shares authorized, 400,000 shares issued, and 400,000 shares outstanding. The following transactions happened from June 2 to December 31 SEAkayak issues 2,000 shares of common stock on June 10th. SEAkayak repurchases 10,000 shares of common stock on September 2nd. SEAkayak resells 3,000 previously repurchased shares from September on December 1st. On December 31st, how many common stock shares does SEAkayak Inc. have authorized

Answer 1

Answer:

The authorized common stock shares remain 1,000,000 shares.

Explanation:

The authorized shares are not affected by movements in the shares, like issue of shares, repurchase, and resale of treasury stock shares.  The authorized shares, therefore, represent the number of shares that the company is legally bound to issue without exceeding.  The implication is that the company is free to issue shares less than or equal to the authorized shares, but it may not issue more than the authorized until it obtains a new authorization.

The movements are accounted for in separate accounts called Issued Common Stock Account and Treasury Stock Account.  The treasury stock account is a contra account to the Common Stock.