This Year, Haven Corporation Granted a Nonqualified Stock Option to Olivia

question 30

Essay

This year, Haven Corporation granted a nonqualified stock option to Olivia to buy 5,000 shares of Haven stock for $20 for five years. At date of grant, Haven stock was selling on the Nasdaq for $19 per share. For financial statement purposes, Haven recorded $16,500 compensation expense for the estimated value of the option. Five years after Haven granted the option to Olivia, she exercised it on a day when Haven stock was selling for $27 per share.
a. How much income must Olivia recognize in the year of exercise?
b. What is Haven's tax deduction in the year of exercise?
c. What is the effect of the exercise on Haven's book income and deferred taxes?

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Definitions:

Cash Outflow

Financial transactions that result in the outflow of money from a business, including payments for expenses, investments, and loans.

Cash Inflow

The amount of money being transferred into a business, project, or account, usually from operational, investing, or financing activities.

Cash Inflows

The total amount of money received by a company or an individual, from various sources, over a period of time.

Internal Rate

Often referred to as the Internal Rate of Return (IRR), it’s the discount rate that makes the net present value (NPV) of all cash flows from a particular project equal to zero.