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In January, Stripe, Inc. purchased 50 shares of its own $10 par value common stock for $20 per share. In March, Stripe sold 10 shares at $25 per share. The journal entry to record the sale of treasury stock using the cost method would include a (debit/credit) to Treasury Stock in the amount of $ _________.

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Answer:Debit

Explanation:

Stock account is a capital account and in credit balance.

The purchase of 50 shares of $10 value for $20 will result in a $500 loss and the sales of 10 shares at $25 gives a gain of $50 which reduce the total loss to $450.

Since the treasury stock accounts is a credit balance the loss will be debited to it to reduce the value of treasury stock

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