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When companies repurchase shares and return capital to shareholders, the
shares bought back are listed at their repurchase price, which reduces
shareholders' equity.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Contributed capital, also known as paid-in capital, is the cash and other
assets that shareholders have given a company in exchange for stock.
This is the price that shareholders paid for their stake in the company.
Contributed capital is reported in the shareholder’s equity section of the
balance sheet and usually split into two different accounts: common
stock and additional paid-in capital account.
Preferred shares sometimes have par values that are more than marginal,
but most common shares today have par values of just a few pennies.
Because of this, "additional paid-in capital" tends to be representative of the
total paid-in capital figure and is sometimes shown by itself on the balance
sheet.
Capital Contributions
It's important to distinguish that capital contributions, which are an injection of
cash into a company, can come in other forms besides the sale of equity
shares. For example, an owner might take out a loan and use the proceeds to
make a capital contribution to the company. Businesses can also receive
capital contributions in the form of non-cash assets such as buildings and
equipment. These scenarios are all types of capital contributions and
increase owners' equity. However, the term contributed capital is typically
reserved for the amount of money received from issuing shares and not other
forms of capital contributions.
The common stock account is also known as share capital account, and the
additional paid-in capital account is also known as the share premium
account.