Common Stock (what it is and how to record it)

[@eloiwilliams5274]

OMG I have exams in like 4 hours, and this helps me understand Common stock in 5 minutes

[@gland0608]

Your videos have been saving my life since high school junior year and continue to do so now that I'm a sophomore in college. Thank you :)

[@Edspira]

Awesome!! I'm glad you like the videos :)

[@MyFinancialFocus]

So common stock is basically par value plus additional paid in capital. Awesome!

[@karkulajda]

Par value= book value?

[@talebbagazi1435]

when do we do the financial reports do combine apic with common stock or not ?

[@SportSphere360_]

Hi! thanks for the video. I will add a note, Since the direct costs of issuing stock like, underwriting, legal, accounting and tax Fees are not be recognized as expense, they must be adjusted to with the additional paid in capital, and eventually they will reduce the additional paid in Capital.

[@Erez.Levi.Stocks]

Hello and thank you so much for all these great explanations. You said the company issued more shares, they diluted my holding, So how does a split that Apple does not hurt shareholders?

[@rob8482]

That was really easy to follow, thx.

[@samston]

I thought you were going to say what goes in the stock holders statement, not to explain about one thing

[@MichaelOnRockyTop]

My accounting textbook is showing examples on how to make the 4 main financial statements. In every example, and there are dozens so far, it uses small businesses or brand new businesses. With every one of these, it mentions they have common stock. I call bs on that. A hair salon or a tour guide business is not going to have stock issued and listed on the indices.

[@spellfireforge]

I know this is old and you probably don’t care anymore but for others using this in their classes, most intro to accounting textbooks I’ve seen make a point of the very first chapter (or the first video of this playlist) explaining the differences between sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. Most of the examples in textbooks state that they are corporations. Corporations have stock. Hair salons and such usually aren’t corporations. And not all corporations are publicly traded and instead have private stock. You missed a very fundamental part of your education and I hope your professor was eventually able to address your concern.

[@yuniorgalardy2781]

Thanks. Please continue to post more videos.

[@Edspira]

This summer I will be releasing more videos. Thanks for watching!