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Chapter 16: Q30E (page 881)

E16-30 (L06) (Stock-Appreciation Rights) Capulet Company establishes a stock-appreciation rights program that entitles its new president Ben Davis to receive cash for the difference between the market price of the stock and a pre-established price of \(30 (also market price) on December 31, 2013, on 30,000 SARs. The date of grant is December 31, 2013, and the required employment (service) period is 4 years. President Davis exercises all of the SARs in 2019. The fair value of the SARs is estimated to be \)6 per SAR on December 31, 2014; \(9 on December 31, 2015; \)15 on December 31, 2016; \(6 on December 31, 2017; and \)18 on December 31, 2018.

Instructions

(a) Prepare a 5-year (2014–2018) schedule of compensation expense pertaining to the 30,000 SARs granted president Davis.

(b) Prepare the journal entry for compensation expense in 2014, 2017, and 2018 relative to the 30,000 SARs.

Short Answer

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The compensation expense for the year 2018 is $360,000.

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01

Schedule of compensation expense

Date

Fair Value

Cumulative compensation recognizable

Percentage Accrued

Compensation accrued to date

Expense 2014

Expense 2015

Expense 2016

Expense 2017

Expense 2018

December 31, 2014

$6

$180,000

25%

$45,000

$45,000

$90,000

December 31, 2015

$9

$270,000

50%

$135,000

$90,000

$202,500

December 31, 2016

$15

$450,000

75%

$337,500

$202,500

$157,500

December 31, 2017

$6

$180,000

100%

$180,000

($157,500)

$360,000

December 31, 2018

$18

$540,000

-

$540,000

$360,000

02

Journal entries for compensation expense

Date

Particulars

Debit

Credit

2014

Compensation Expense

$45,000

Liability Under Stock Appreciation Plan

$45,000

(Being entry for the compensation expense)

2017

Liability Under Stock Appreciation Plan

$157,500

Compensation Expense

$157,500

(Being entry for the compensation expense)

2018

Compensation Expense

$360,000

Liability Under Stock Appreciation Plan

$360,000

(Being entry for the compensation expense)

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(Weighted-Average Number of Shares) Newton Inc. uses a calendar year for financial reporting. The company is authorized to issue 9,000,000 shares of $10 par common stock. At no time has Newton issued any potentially dilutive securities. Listed below is a summary of Newton’s common stock activities.

1. Number of common shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 2,000,000

2. Shares issued as a result of a 10% stock dividend on September 30, 2016 200,000

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Instructions

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(Stock-Based Compensation) Assume that Amazon.com has a stock-option plan for top management. Each

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Service period 5 years

Instructions

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(b) Prepare the journal entry(ies) for the first year of the plan assuming that, rather than options, 700 shares of restricted

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(1) Substantially all employees may participate.

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(3) The plan offers no substantive option feature.

(4) There is no preferred stock outstanding

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