In order to encourage employee ownership of the company's $1 par common shares, Washington Distribution permits any of its
employees to buy shares directly from the company through payroll deduction. There are no brokerage fees and shares can be
purchased at a 10% discount. During March, employees purchased 35,000 shares at a time when the market price of the shares on the
New York Stock Exchange was $16 per share.
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Required:
Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the March purchases of shares under the employee share purchase plan.
Note: If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.
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Cash
General Journal
Compensation expense
Common stock
Paid-in capital - excess of par
Debit
504,000
56,000
Credit
35,000
525,000
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