Deer Creek Inc. bottles and distributes spring water. On April 27 of the current year, Deer Creek reacquired 15,000 shares of its common stock at $60 per share. On July 13, Deer Creek sold 9,000 of the reacquired shares at $72 per share. The remaining 6,000 shares were sold at $59 per share on October 8.

What is the balance in Paid-In Capital from Sale of Treasury Stock on December 31 of the current year?
For what reasons might Deer Creek have purchased the treasury stock?

In many jurisdictions this would be considered insiderer trading and therefore illegal