New rule: Firms must expense options
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Companies must start expensing employee stock options in earnings statements next year, US accounting rule makers declared on Thursday, a move that could signal the end of a long-standing bookkeeping practice that many argued allowed
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American companies have been granted a six-month reprieve on the deadline by which they must begin deducting from profits the value of stock options that they grant to executives and employees.
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The U.S. Securities and  Exchange Commission aims to issue guidelines on the appropriate  timing for companies to issue stock options this summer when it  proposes new rules dealing with executive compensation, SEC  Chairman Christopher Cox said on Monday.
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ACCOUNTING:The new rules, which can be struck down by Congress, will force companies to subtract the option expense from earnings.
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Accounting rule makers issued a standard Thursday that forces companies to expense employee stock options starting in June, ending 10 years of political wrangling and backpedaling.
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The failure to expense stock options is causing distortions and inefficiencies in U.S. labor and capital markets.
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U.S. accounting rule makers yesterday adopted a standard that will force companies to disclose the future costs of retirement benefits on their balance sheets, wiping out billions of dollars of net worth.
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NORWALK, Conn. - Accounting rulemakers, pressed by both businesses and regulators, on Wednesday decided to give public companies six more months to adopt a new standard for deducting from profits the value of stock options.
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An article last Sunday in the special Your Taxes report about tips for preparing a tax return referred incompletely to the limit on claims for refundable alternative minimum tax credits resulting from the exercise of incentive stock options. While it is $5,000 under one calculation method, some taxpayers may claim more than that under a second method if their income is not too high.
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Regulators have reached an agreement in principle on how to revamp a contentious accounting rule that cost businesses millions of dollars more than anticipated, removing a pair of major stumbling blocks attacked by consumer advocates.
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Investment plan fees can sap thousands of dollars from a worker's retirement savings. Some lawmakers are considering making companies that manage 401(k) plans give clearer and more complete information on those costs.
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Accounting regulators adopted rules on Thursday requiring publicly traded companies to treat the stock options they give to employees as normal business expenses.
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Understanding stock option expensing isn't easy, but it's worth the effort.
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The US Financial Accounting Standards Board approved a rule that will force companies to treat employee stock options as an expense and delayed its implementation until next June.