Which of the Following Statements Regarding Restricted Stock Is False

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding restricted stock is false?

• A) Like stock options, restricted stock has to vest before it can be sold.
• B) Like nonqualified stock options, the employee's income inclusion for restricted stock is the bargain element.
• C) Even if the value of restricted stock decreases from the price on the grant date, it retains some value to the employee.
• D) There is no effective tax planning elections for restricted stock.

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Definitions:

Experimental Group

The group in an experiment that receives the treatment or intervention, used to assess the treatment's effect.

Control Group

A group in an experiment or study that does not receive treatment by the researchers and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Correlational Studies

A type of non-experimental research method in which a researcher measures two variables, understands and assesses the statistical relationship between them without any causal assumption.

Cause-and-Effect

A relationship where one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect).