On December 31, 2017, Wayne Sparks Company had 600,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Sparks issued a 5% stock dividend on June 30, 2018. On September 30, 2018, 20,000 shares of common stock were reacquired as treasury stock. What is the appropriate number of shares to be used in the basic earnings per share computation for 2018

$625,000

Explanation:

The number of shares to use will be the Weighted average of the number of common shares in the company as at December 2018.

5% stock had been issued so common stock increases to;

= 600,000 * ( 1 + 5%)

= 630,000 shares

The treasury stock is to be deducted from the amount above and was only reacquired on Sept. 30 so the weighted average is;

= 20,000 * 3/12 months

= 5,000 shares

Number of shares = 630,000 - 5,000 = $625,000

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