Accounting for Companies' Stock Transactions and Dividends A publicly or privately held company, also known as a corporation, is an entity separate and distinct from its stockholders. When an investor puts money in a company in return for part ownership, the company issues stocks to the investor. Stock is the evidence of the ownership interest of the stockholder. Sometimes a company also reacquires some of its outstanding stocks from its stockholders for retiring, holding, or reselling purposes. Stocks reacquired and held with the company are called treasury stocks. Companies often decide to share part of their net income, called dividends, with stockholders as reward for stockholders' investment risk in the company. Implications of issuing common and preferred stocks, treasury stocks, and dividends are very significant for companies' accounts. This course presents basic concepts and accounting treatments involving companies' common and preferred stocks, treasury stocks, and dividends. The course aims at identifying key characteristics of incorporated organizations and how common equity transactions affect their financial position. It walks you through the accounting treatments for common, preferred, and treasury stocks. You are also taught how to record transactions involving cash and stock dividends.

1. Certificate of Completion
The State University of New York at Potsdam
and the program in Organizational Leadership and Technology,
in association with the National Education Foundation
and the CyberLearning Academy, hereby recognizes
Kareem Farag
for completion of the training course
Accounting Fundamentals Accounting for Companies' Stock Transactions and Dividends
Presented on this 29th day of May, 2015
Credit Hours: 1