Save Stock Options.

[SuperTool]

This will take 1 minute and is very important for people working in tech.
http://savestockoptions.grassroots.com/
Thanks.

 

[FoBoT]

i don't get stock options (anymore)

 

[SuperTool]

You can still fill it out in case you get them later 😉

 

[Squisher]

Hell yeah.

I'm still counting the money from the wife's last round of stock options. I want more. 😀

 

[Ameesh]

i get stock now, not options

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
You can still fill it out in case you get them later 😉

are you offering me a job?

 

[etech]

No, When a company grants stock options it is an expense to the company and I believe that honest accounting practices should be followed and that expense shown on the books.

When I invest in a company I want all of the relevant information to be revealed, not hidden just so some coporate execs can give themselves some money.

 

[rahvin]

Originally posted by: etech
No, When a company grants stock options it is an expense to the company and I believe that honest accounting practices should be followed and that expense shown on the books.

When I invest in a company I want all of the relevant information to be revealed, not hidden just so some coporate execs can give themselves some money.

:beer: And as a stock owner I agree, expense the actual expense. It costs me as an owner money, it's an expense and dilutes my ownership and should absolutely be on the books.

 

[Armitage]

I'd rather get paid.
But then, I don't work for a public company.

 

[LordSnailz]

Originally posted by: rahvin

Originally posted by: etech
No, When a company grants stock options it is an expense to the company and I believe that honest accounting practices should be followed and that expense shown on the books.

When I invest in a company I want all of the relevant information to be revealed, not hidden just so some coporate execs can give themselves some money.

:beer: And as a stock owner I agree, expense the actual expense. It costs me as an owner money, it's an expense and dilutes my ownership and should absolutely be on the books.

Problem is, how do you accurately model the stock options, since each employee excercises their options at different times. It's only when they excercise the options when they count, it should not be counted as an expense if they're just holding it.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: etech
No, When a company grants stock options it is an expense to the company and I believe that honest accounting practices should be followed and that expense shown on the books.

When I invest in a company I want all of the relevant information to be revealed, not hidden just so some coporate execs can give themselves some money.

I agree entirely, both from an investor's and a young accountant's standpoint.

 

[zephyrprime]

Problem is, how do you accurately model the stock options, since each employee excercises their options at different times. It's only when they excercise the options when they count, it should not be counted as an expense if they're just holding it.

There's no problem. Just expense when they exercise.

 

[SuperTool]

Granted stock options aren't an expense until they are exercised. Some are underwater and are never exercised. Then it's as if they never happened.
I don't think anyone is advocating hiding information about options, just not expensing them. Because they aren't necessarily an expense, and should be counted separately.