ACCO 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fair Market Value, Market Price
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Stocks goes up when you work harder incentive to make more profit. Market price of stock is lower than employees price of stock. Because of employment, stock option benefit is issued, becoming a taxable benefit. Issue date is the date the company gives you the certificate 2013. Option price is the value of the share given by employer: 1,000 shares at 20$ Exercise date is the date i buy a share 2014. Exercise price (acb) is fair market value at exercise date: shares are 25$ # of shares * (exercise price option price: 1,000 * (25$ - 20$) = 5,000$ (taxable) Disposition date is the date i sell a share 2015. Sale price is the date i sell the share 2015. # of shares * (selling price cost: 1,000 * (30$ - 20$) = 10,000$ (taxable at 50%) Professional membership fees or union dues are deductible for everyone (ee and er) Salesmen expenses deductions cannot exceed commission income.