A corporation may enter into subscription contracts for the purchase of its stock.

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What is a subscription contract and how does it work? What provisions are usually included in the contract? What are the arguments for reporting the Subscriptions Receivable account as a contra-stockholders’ equity item and for reporting it as a current asset? Why is the Capital Stock account not credited at the time of the subscription instead of the Capital Stock Subscribed account? How is this latter account reported on the corporation’s balance sheet? What are the alternative methods of handling subscription defaults?