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XYZ Company has assets and liabilities of $15,000 and $12,000, respectively. If the company issues an additional $1,500 of stock for cash, what will be the balance in shareholders' equity following the transaction?

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XYZ Company has assets and liabilities of 15,000and15,000 and 12,000, respectively. If the company issues an additional $1,500 of stock for cash, what will be the balance in shareholders' equity following the transaction?

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Solution

To answer this question, we first need to understand the basic accounting equation, which is:

Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders' Equity

Given in the problem, we have:

Assets = 15,000Liabilities=15,000 Liabilities = 12,000

We can substitute these values into the equation to find the current Shareholders' Equity:

15,000=15,000 = 12,000 + Shareholders' Equity Shareholders' Equity = 15,00015,000 - 12,000 Shareholders' Equity = $3,000

Now, the company issues an additional 1,500ofstockforcash.ThismeanstheShareholdersEquitywillincreaseby1,500 of stock for cash. This means the Shareholders' Equity will increase by 1,500. So, the new balance in Shareholders' Equity will be:

New Shareholders' Equity = Old Shareholders' Equity + Additional Stock New Shareholders' Equity = 3,000+3,000 + 1,500 New Shareholders' Equity = $4,500

So, the balance in shareholders' equity following the transaction will be $4,500.

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