FAS_123-_Accounting_For_Stock_Options

FAS 123- Accounting For Stock Options FASB 123 – Accounting for Stock Options When people think of business and business practices one thought that comes to mind is money. Money is the biggest driving force for a business to be successful. With all the transactions that take place in a business, whether that business be a large corporation or a small “Mom and Pop” store, keeping track of all the flows of money can get immensely complex. That is why we have created agencies to set standards so proper accounting practices will be performed. Two of these agencies are the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), set up by our federal government, and the privately created, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). The standards the FASB creates are known as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). When an accounting controversy arises accounting agencies will step in to help solve the problem. One accounting issue that was prominent in the late 1980s and early 1990s was, accounting for employee stock-based compensation or stock options. Today the accounting statement made by FASB, number 123 - Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, is the most recent addition on how to account for stock options. But before accounting, fasb, stock, options, sec, standards, expense, compensation, employee, 123, standard, statement, government, set, price, exposure, business, value, sfas, setting, private, mozes, grant, because, practices, opinion, new, net, income, first, draft, date, companies, businesses, 25