Alicante Limited, based in Prince George, is an exciting company which provides destination weddings to Saskatchewan. Alicante Limited takes excellent care of its employees, with generous sick day allotments; above-average salaries; and free family trips to Saskatoon each summer. Recently, the company initiated a stock option plan for employees. Under it, Alicante Limited employees can buy corporate shares for $20 each (the company has put aside 100,000 shares for this). The option premium is $5/share. The average combined federal and provincial tax rate for Alicante Limited employees is 30%. Date Occurrence March 14, 2021 20,000 options bought by employees September 16, 2021 14,000 options exercised by employees October 14, 2021 10,000 options bought by employees November 1, 2021 15,000 options bought by employees Required Prepare all the required journal entries in good form for the above-listed dates

Microsoft provides compensation to executives in the form of a variety of incentive compensation plans, including restricted stock award grants. The following is an excerpt from a disclosure note from Microsoft's 2020 annual report: Note 18 Employee Stock and Savings Plans (in part) Stock awards entitle the holder to receive shares of Microsoft common stock as the award vests. Stock awards generally vest over a five-year period.... During fiscal year 2020, the following activity occurred under our plans: Stock awards: Nonvested balance, beginning of year. Granted Vested Forfeited Nonvested balance, end of year Shares (in) millions) 147 53 (65) (9) Compensation expense in fiscal 2020 126 Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value $78.49 140.49 75.35 90.30 $ 105.23 Required: If all awards are granted, acquired, vested, and forfeited evenly throughout the year, what is the compensation expense in fiscal 2020 pertaining to the previous and current stock awards? Assume forfeited shares were…

Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] On January 1, year 1, Tyra started working for Hatch Corporation. New employees must choose immediately between receiving 7 NQOs (each NQO provides the right to purchase for $5 per share 10 shares of Hatch stock) or 50 restricted shares. Hatch's stock price is $5 on Tyra's start date. Either form of equity-based compensation will vest in two years. Tyra believes that the stock will be worth $15 per share in two years and $25 in four years when she will sell the stock. Tyra's marginal tax rate is 32 percent and her long-term capital gains rate is 15 percent. Assuming that Tyra's price predictions are correct, answer the following questions (ignore present value, and use nominal dollars): (List cash outflows as negative amounts. Leave no answers blank. Enter zero if applicable.) c. What are the cash-flow effects to Tyra in the year she receives the restricted stock, in the year the stock vests, and…

The following events occurred regarding the company's executive compensation plan. 2. On 1/1/x4, the stockholders adopted a stock option plan for top executives whereby each might receive rights to purchase up to 20,000 shares of common stock at $40 per share. The par value is $10 per share. 3. On 2/1/x4, options were granted to each of five executives to purchase 20,000 shares. The options were non-transferable and the executive had to remain an employee of the company to exercise the option. The options expire on 2/1/x6. It is assumed that the options were for services performed equally in 20x4 and 20x5. The Black-Scholes option pricing model determines total compensation expense to be $2,100,000. 3. At 2/1/x6, four executives exercised their options. The fifth executive chose not to exercise his options, which therefore were forfeited Prepare the journal entries for 2/1/x6