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What is Treasury Stock?

 a. Stock purchased by the U.S. Treasury Department

 b. Stock repurchased by the issuing company, reducing the amount of stock outstanding in the open market

 c. Stock purchased by the treasurer of the company for their personal portfolio

 d. Stock not allowed to be purchased in the first days after IPO   

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Question added by حسين محمد ياسين , Finance Manager , مؤسسة عبد الماجد محمد العمر للمقاولات العامة
Date Posted: 2016/02/24
Majid Wangade
by Majid Wangade , Senior Accountant , KANTOUR LIMITED COMPANY ( Real Estate, Construction and Asset Management )

 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> B. Stock repurchased by the issuing company, reducing the amount of stock outstanding in the open market

Dasarathi Rath
by Dasarathi Rath , Sr. Accountant , Al Luban Special Investment LLC

A treasury stock is the portion of shares that a company keep it their own treasury. B. Stock repurchase or buyback from share holder, reducing the amount of stock outstanding in the open market.

Narayan KBV
by Narayan KBV , Chartered Accountant , Srinivasan R Associates

stock purchased by the issuing company thus reducing the stock in the open market, and held in their treasury for offloading in the market at an appropriate time - that's not the stock purchased for cancellation

Frank Mwansa
by Frank Mwansa , ACCOUNTING LECTURER , FREELANCER

b. Stocks repurchased by the issuing company, reducing the amount of stock outstanding in the open market.

Motaz Aladwan
by Motaz Aladwan , Senior Associate , PricewaterhouseCoopers

Treasury stock is the firm’s own stock that has been repurchased.

Treasury stock is reported either at cost (as a deduction from total equity in Balance Sheet)

or at par (as a direct reduction of the relevant contributed capital account).

 Treasury stock is reported as a reduction of equity in Balance Sheet.

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