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Accounting for stock options issued, exercised & some options expired using the fair value pricing model which uses the stock option price rather than the stock market price as the accounting basis, using the fair value option method the stock price established by the market has no relevance for accounting, the option price is used for accounting, granting the stock options requirs recording compensation expense on the income statement and recording paid-in capital (stock options) equity account for the associated to the expense, upon exercising the options the PIC-Stock Options is reduced and transferred to common stock issued and the associated APIC-Common Stock, terminated options are transferred from PIC-Stock Options to PIC-Expired Stock Options (Re-titles PIC account), example 1-Granted options to executives to purchase 10,000 shares of $5 par Common Stock, 2-Options granted (1/1/X1) & were exercisable 2-yrs after date granted if still employeed by company, with 2-yr vesting (service) period, 3-Option price set at $40/shr, compensation expense $900,000 based on Fair Value Pricing Model, 4-Following Stock Option activities: a. 9,000 options were exercised on (5/1/X3) when market price $60/shr, b. The remaining 1,000 options expired (1/1/X4), company set this expiration date & the employees decided not to exercise their options, detailed accounting by Allen Mursau
