On January 1, 2011, Stamford reacquires 8,000 of the outstanding shares of its own common stock for \($24\) per share. None of these shares belonged to Neill. How does this transaction affect the parent company’s Additional Paid-In Capital account?

a. Has no effect on it.

b. Decreases it by \($55,000\).

c. Decreases it by \($35,000\).

d. Decreases it by \($28,000\).

Neill Company purchases 80 percent of the common stock of Stamford Company on January 1, 2010, when Stamford has the following stockholders’ equity accounts:

To acquire this interest in Stamford, Neill pays a total of \($592,000.\) The acquisition-date fair value of the 20 percent noncontrolling interest was \($148,000.\) Any excess fair value was allocated to goodwill, which has not experienced any impairment.
On January 1, 2011, Stamford reports retained earnings of \($620,000\). Neill has accrued the increase in Stamford’s retained earnings through application of the equity method.
View the following problems as independent situations:

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Common stock 40,000 shares outstanding Additional paid-in capital Retained earnings, 1/1/10. Total stockholders' equity $100,000 75,000 540,000 $715,000