Common Paid-In Capital in Excess of Stated Value
Common Paid-In Capital in Excess of Stated Value is the difference between what stockholders invest and the stated value placed on stock by the board of directors. This amount is not credited to the Common Stock account.
Definitions
According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition),
- Common Paid-In Capital in Excess of Stated Value. Difference between what stockholders invest and the stated value placed on stock by the board of directors. This amount is not credited to the Common Stock account.
Related concepts
- Accounting (alternatively known as accountancy) is management of financial data, information, and knowledge about financial transactions of legal entities. Accountancy tends to include bookkeeping and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include quatitative analysis of financial data in the bookkeeping system and/or business intelligence.
