How to Account for Stock Retirement

When a company repurchases its own shares and immediately retires those shares (cancelling the shares and removing them from circulation), this reduces the number of shares issued and outstanding.
So what's the journal entry? It depends on whether the repurchase price is higher or lower than the original issue price of the shares.
If the repurchase price is LOWER than the original issue price of the shares, then the company (1) decreases the common stock and additional paid-in capital accounts, (2) decreases the cash account, and (3) credits an account called "paid-in capital - share repurchase" to make the total debits equal the total credits (so the journal entry balances).
If the repurchase price is HIGHER than the original issue price of the shares, then the company (1) decreases the common stock and additional paid-in capital accounts, (2) decreases the cash account, and (3) reduces the retained earnings account (but first reduces the "paid-in capital - share repurchase" account if that account has a balance).
The main difference between these two scenarios is that in one case, the "paid-in capital - share repurchase" account is credited to make the journal entry balance while in the other case the retained earnings account is debited to make the journal entry balance.
The accounting approach outlined in this video is sometimes called the "constructive retirement method."
In no case does the company record a gain or a loss, as these transactions only affect balance sheet accounts.
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