Argile Inc. is a Canadian private company. The company has a competitive stock-based compensation program for all

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Argile Inc. is a Canadian private company. The company has a competitive stock-based compensation program for all of its 125 employees. Information from the 20X5 grant:
• 500 shares options are granted to each employee for $5 per share.
• The share options have a value of $209,700.
• Share options vest after 3 years, expire 6 years after the date of issuance, and are non-transferable.

Estimated retention rates were 77% in 20X5 and 82% in 20X6. The number of actual forfeitures were as follows:
• 20X5: 2,000 options forfeited
• 20X6: 1,815 options forfeited
• 20X7: 1,810 options forfeited


Required:
1. Prepare the journal entries assuming that the company estimates forfeiture in advance.
2. Prepare the journal entries assuming that the company does not estimate forfeiture in advance.

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Intermediate Accounting Volume 2

ISBN: 9781260881240

8th Edition

Authors: Thomas H. Beechy, Joan E. Conrod, Elizabeth Farrell, Ingrid McLeod-Dick, Kayla Tomulka, Romi-Lee Sevel

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