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JBL Aircraft manufactures and distributes aircraft parts and supplies. Employees

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Question

JBL Aircraft manufactures and distributes aircraft parts and supplies. Employees are offered a variety of share based compensation plans. Under its nonqualified stock option plan, JBL granted options to key officers on January 1, 2013. The options permit holders to acquire 6.5 million of the company's $1 par common shares for $26 within the next six years, but not before January 1, 2016 (the vesting date). The market price of the shares on the date of grant is $30 per share. The fair value of the 6.5 million options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $6 per option. Because the plan does not qualify as an incentive plan, JBL will receive a tax deduction upon exercise of the options equal to the excess of the market price at exercise over the exercise price. The tax rate is 40%.

Determine the total compensation cost pertaining to the incentive stock option plan. (Enter your answer in millions.)

      

Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record compensation expense and its tax effect on December 31, 2013, 2014, and 2015. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).)

       

Record the exercise of the options and their tax effect if all of the options are exercised on August 21, 2017, when the market price is $31 per share. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).)

JBL Aircraft manufactures and distributes aircraft parts and supplies. Employees are offered a variety of share based compensation plans. Under its nonqualified stock option plan, JBL granted options to key officers on January 1, 2013. The options permit holders to acquire 6.5 million of the company's $1 par common shares for $26 within the next six years, but not before January 1, 2016 (the vesting date). The market price of the shares on the date of grant is $30 per share. The fair value of the 6.5 million options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $6 per option. Because the plan does not qualify as an incentive plan, JBL will receive a tax deduction upon exercise of the options equal to the excess of the market price at exercise over the exercise price. The tax rate is 40%.

Explanation / Answer

options Shares    6,500,000 fair value of option                    6 option exercise price 4 (30-26) Excess cost per share                    2 Tax deduction 1.6 (4*.4) actual cost per share              0.40 total compensation cost    2,600,000 (6.5Mn*.4) Year Accounts Debit Credit 2013 compensation expenses    866,666.67 compensation payable    866,666.67 2014 compensation expenses    866,666.67 compensation payable    866,666.67 2015 compensation expenses    866,666.67 compensation payable    866,666.67 2015 compensation payable      2,600,000 Paid in Capital      2,600,000