Ruby Corporation Grants Stock Options to Iris on February 1,2016

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Essay

Ruby Corporation grants stock options to Iris on February 1,2016.The options do not have a readily ascertainable value.The option price is $100,and the FMV of the Ruby stock is also $100 on the grant date.The option allows Iris to purchase 200 shares of Ruby stock.Iris exercises the option on August 1,2017,when the stock's FMV is $150.Iris sells the stock on December 5,2018 for $400.Determine the amount and character (i.e.ordinary,LTCG or STCG)of income recognized by Iris and the deduction allowed Ruby Corporation in 2016,2017 and 2018 under the following assumptions:
a.The stock option is an incentive stock option.
b.The stock option is a nonqualified stock option.

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Confidence Interval

An interval of values, derived from statistics gathered from a sample, expected to cover the value of a hidden parameter in a population.

Standard Error

A statistic that measures the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population using the standard deviation of the sampling distribution.

Confidence Interval

A selection of values, based on sample results, assumed to incorporate the value of an obscure population parameter.

Mean

The average value of a data set, calculated by adding up all the numbers in the set and then dividing by the count of the numbers.