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Part A During its first year of operations, the McCollum Corporation entered into the following transactions relating to shareholders equity. The corporation was authorized to issue $100,000,050 common shares, $1 par per share. Required: Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record each transaction. Jan. 9 Issued $50,000,000 common shares for $16 per share. Mar. 11 Issued 4,400 shares in exchange for custom-made equipment. McCollums shares have traded recently on the stock exchange at $16 per share. Part B A new staff accountant for the McCollum Corporation recorded the following journal entries during the second year of operations. McCollum retires shares that it reacquires (restores their status to that of authorized but unissued shares).

Date	General Journal	Debit	Credit
Jan. 12	Land	4,000,000
	Paid-in capitaldonation of land		4,000,000
Sept. 1	Common stock	4,000,000
	Retained earnings	164,000,000
	Cash		168,000,000
Dec. 1	Cash	44,000,000
	Common stock		2,000,000
	Gain on sale of previously issued shares		42,000,000
Required: Prepare the journal entries that should have been recorded for each of the transactions. Record the issue of 50,000,000 million common shares for $16 per share. Note: Enter debits before credits. Date General Journal Debit Credit Jan. 9 Record the issue of 4,400 shares in exchange for custom-made equipment. McCollums shares have traded recently on the stock exchange at $16 per share. Note: Enter debits before credits. Date General Journal Debit Credit Mar. 11

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