Question

Grouper Company adopted a stock-option plan on November 30, 2019, that provided that 67,900 shares of $5 par value stock be designated as available for the granting of options to officers of the corporation at a price of $8 a share. The market price was $13 a share on November 30, 2020. On January 2, 2020, options to purchase 26,100 shares were granted to president Tom Winter—13,800 for services to be rendered in 2020 and 12,300 for services to be rendered in 2021. Also on that date, options to purchase 13,200 shares were granted to vice president Michelle Bennett—6,600 for services to be rendered in 2020 and 6,600 for services to be rendered in 2021. The market price of the stock was $13 a share on January 2, 2020. The options were exercisable for a period of one year following the year in which the services were rendered. The fair value of the options on the grant date was $5 per option. In 2021, neither the president nor the vice president exercised their options because the market price of the stock was below the exercise price. The market price of the stock was $7 a share on December 31, 2021, when the options for 2020 services lapsed. On December 31, 2022, both president Winter and vice president Bennett exercised their options for 12,300 and 6,600 shares, respectively, when the market price was $15 a share. Prepare the necessary journal entries in 2019 when the stock-option plan was adopted, in 2020 when options were granted, in 2021 when options lapsed, and in 2022 when options were exercised. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

Date	Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit
Nov. 30, 2019Jan. 2, 2020Dec. 31, 2020Dec. 31, 2021Dec. 31, 2022
Nov. 30, 2019Jan. 2, 2020Dec. 31, 2020Dec. 31, 2021Dec. 31, 2022
	(To record options granted to president.)
Nov. 30, 2019Jan. 2, 2020Dec. 31, 2020Dec. 31, 2021Dec. 31, 2022
	(To record compensation expense attributable to 2020.)
Nov. 30, 2019Jan. 2, 2020Dec. 31, 2020Dec. 31, 2021Dec. 31, 2022
	(To record compensation expense attributable to 2021.)
Nov. 30, 2019Jan. 2, 2020Dec. 31, 2020Dec. 31, 2021Dec. 31, 2022
	(To record lapse of president’s and vice president’s options.)
Nov. 30, 2019Jan. 2, 2020Dec. 31, 2020Dec. 31, 2021Dec. 31, 2022
	(To record issuance of shares.)

Answer 1

Date	Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit
Nov. 30, 2019	No Entry
	No entry would be recorded at the time the stock option plan was adopted
2020
Jan 2, 2020	No Entry
	(To record options granted to president.)
Dec 31, 2020	Compensation Expense	$102,000.00
	Paid-in Capital—Stock Options		$102,000.00
	(To record compensation expense for 2020-(13,800+6600 = 20,400 shares) x $5
Dec 31, 2021	Compensation Expense	$  94,500.00
	Paid-in Capital—Stock Options		$  94,500.00
	(To record compensation expense for 2021 -(12,300+6600 =18900 shares) x $5
	Paid-in Capital—Stock Options	$102,000.00
	Paid-in Capital from Expired Stock options		$102,000.00
	(To record lapse of president’s and vice president’s options to buy 20400 shares.
Dec 31, 2022	Cash (18900 x $8)	$151,200.00
	Paid-in Capital—Stock Options (18900 x $5)	$  94,500.00
	Common Stock (18900 X $5)		$  94,500.00
	Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par		$151,200.00
	(To record issuance of 18,900 shares of $5 par value stock upon exercise option at option price $8