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Your paper is to address the following:
- What is a nonqualified stock option, how and why is it used to compensate executive management? You may use other sources, however, you must reference and cite them. Also, remember to reference and cite the textbook.
- The author’s research indicates that by using stock options, corporations that trade on NASDAQ can reduce their estimated median marginal tax rate from 31% to 5%. Using information from the article, explain how these corporations use stock options to reduce their marginal tax rates.
- In a page following your reference page, use the Accounting Standards Codification to locate the section which discusses accounting principles relevant to stock compensation. Next access the overview and background subsection. Copy subsection 05-3 and paste to the page. Also, properly cite this code section.
- Go towww.irs.govand search for Publication 525. Use the Index located at the back of the publication to find the section on "stock options, nonstatutory." Next, select the "exercise or transfer" of option. Copy the section titled "Transfer in Arm’s Length Transaction" to the page. Include a citation of the source.
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Federal Taxation 2016 Comprehensive
ISBN: 9780134104379
29th edition
Authors: Thomas R. Pope, Timothy J. Rupert, Kenneth E. Anderson
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