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Employee Stock Option: a type of stock incentive plan in which an employee is given the option to buy a specified number of stock at a future date, at an agreed price. Stock...; Employee Stock Option definition on BNET »

Employee stock option follies. (From FEI): The FASB is reconsidering the accounting treatment of employee stock options upon the urgings of the SEC and the US Congress. Under APB Opinion 25 which was issued by the Board in 1972, stock options are considered as capital transaction. However, membersThe FASB is reconsidering the accounting treatment of employee...; Tags: accounting, employee stock option, stock option, U.S. Congress; Research articles 1992-09-01
Tech Companies' Fight over Employee Stock Options Goes to Congress.: By Heather Fleming Phillips, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Heather Fleming Phillips, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Tags: employee stock option, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2003-07-17
Will Congress review employee stock options?: Large companies have long used stock options to attract and retain key executives. A stock option gives an individual the right to buy company stock at a fixed price for a stated period of time. For example, assuming that Acme Co. stock is trading for $100 a share, Acme might...; Tags: employee stock option, stock, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2000-12-06

A taxing idea. (Business Trends).: A coalition of business groups is fighting a change in U.S. Internal Revenue Service rules that would make stock options subject to payroll taxes. Under the new rules, the payroll tax of 15.3%--roughly split between employer and employee--would be imposed on stock-option...; Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, Internal Revenue Service, Investment, payroll, Taxes; Research articles 2002-07-01