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Strategies & Market Trends : Employee Stock Options - NQSOs & ISOs -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rkral who wrote (48)	6/15/2002 9:51:43 AM
From: hueyone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 786

I believe you are referring to the employee compensation expense claimed (due to option exercise) on the corporate tax return .. which results in a "tax benefit". That is correct. I think it is preposterous that the same employee compensation expense due to exercise of stock options is not shown on the financial statements provided to shareholders. As far as "write off" is concerned, in my business we copmmonly apply the expression to any expense that can be charged against earnings to reduce taxable income. However, your definition does raise the question of how this expense ties in with the balance sheet. I wish we could see the financial statements provided to the IRS. Best, Huey