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Treasury stock is a stockholders equity stock. Treasury stock is stock that a company buys back in order to reduce the amount of outstanding stock available on the market.

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Q: What type of account is treasury stock?
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When a treasury stock is reissued for less than its cost what is credited?

the treasury stock account


Is treasury stock classified as an assets account?

Treasury Stock is shown in the Equity section of the Balance Sheet as a contra-account.


Treasury stock is classified as?

Treasury stock is a contra-equity account. It reduces shareholder's equity to its true value.


Are treasury stocks a debit or credit?

Treasury stock is contra account for share capital account so as share capital has credit balance treasury stock has debit balance and shown as an asset under balance sheet.


Does the acqusion of treasury stock by a corporation increase total assets and total stockholders equity?

Treasury Stock is the stock that the corporation has sold and then reacquired. Treasury Stock is a Contraequity account that increases when debited and decreases when credited. Does this answer your question.


What is it called when a company buys back its own stock?

It is called a stock repurchase and is posted to an account called Treasury Stock, a contra-account in the Equity section.


Is treasury stock included in common equity?

Treasury stock is contra to share capital account as it is those shares which company purchase from own capital to reduce the share capital amount.


Assume the cost method is used to account for treasury stock What should the gain on the sale of treasury stock be classified as?

According to US GAAP, any gains in the sale of treasury stock cannot be recognized as income throught the income statement but must be run through paid in capital.


Would a purchase of treasury stock affect retained earnings?

Answer:The purchase of treasury stock does not affect retained earnings. When the company owns treasury stock, then 'treasury stock' has a debit balance. It is nevertheless presented under equity, with a negative sign.(Technically, when a T-account switches from debit to credit - or the other way around - the sign flips.)Nevertheless, a subsequent sale of treasury stock can affect retained earnings when the amount received is below the cost (a loss is made). This loss is subtracted from retained earnings if there are no cumulative gains on prior sales of treasury stock.


Which of the following devices imparts ownership in a corporation Stock Bond Savings account US Treasury Bill?

Stock imparts ownership in a corporation.


Does treasury stock go on the balance sheet?

yes it goes under Stockholders Equity and it is a deduction to the equity account.


What type of account is capital stock?

Capital Stock is an equity account. You may think of equity as ownership.