Fundamentals of Financial Accounting 4th Edition by Fred Phillips,Robert Libby,Patricia Libby

Exercise 10

When treasury stock is purchased with cash, what is the impact on the balance sheet equation
A) No change: the reduction of the asset cash is offset with the addition of the asset treasury stock.
B) Assets decrease and stockholders' equity increases.
C) Assets increase and stockholders' equity decreases.
D) Assets decrease and stockholders' equity decreases.