
(1)
Restricted stock: These are the share-based awards provided as compensation plans provided as incentives to the employees which include right to receive the shares and are restricted to employees’ extended tenure. The two variants of restricted stock are restricted stock awards, and restricted stock units.
Restricted stock units (RSUs): RSU is a right of the employee to receive a certain number of shares of stock of the company as a performance incentive, or usual compensation, or signing bonus.
To determine: The compensation cost of RSUs
(2)
To prepare:
(3)
Journal entry: Journal entry is a set of economic events which can be measured in monetary terms. These are recorded chronologically and systematically.
Debit and credit rules:
- Debit an increase in asset account, increase in expense account, decrease in liability account, and decrease in
stockholders’ equity accounts. - Credit decrease in asset account, increase in revenue account, increase in liability account, and increase in stockholders’ equity accounts.
To journalize: The entry for compensation expense on December 31, 2016
(4)
To journalize: The entry for compensation expense on December 31, 2017
(5)
To journalize: The entry for compensation expense on December 31, 2018
(6)
To journalize: The entry for recording restrictions lifted as on December 31, 2018

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