Question

On January 1, 2020, Holiday Inc. offered a stock option incentive plan to a top executive. The plan provided the executive 300 stock options for Holiday Inc. $1 par value, common stock at an option price of $15 per share through the expiration date of January 1, 2026. The fair value of the options based upon an option-pricing model on January 1, 2020, is $12,000. The market price at year-end of Holiday Inc. stock is $15 per share on January 1, 2020, and $18 on December 31, 2020. The requisite service period is 3 years. The options were not exercised. Which of the following are true regarding the entry on January 1, 2026?

	A.	No journal entry required
	B.	Paid-in Capital—Stock Options would be credited for $9000
	C.	Paid-in Capital—Stock Options would be credited for $12,000
	D.	Paid-in Capital—Stock Expired would be credited for $12,000

Answer 1

Solution

Option D is Right, i.e. Stock option expired would be credited for $ 12000

Whenever a share option is expired then it is requiring to make a journal entry to relabel the equity as expired stock options for the balance sheet purposes. This helps managers and investors understand that they won’t be issuing stock to the employee at a discounted price in the future. For this purpose, it is requiring to make entry that debit the stock option equity account and credit the expired stock option equity account.