On January 1, 2015, Ritter Company granted stock options to officers and key employees for the purchase of 15,000 shares of the company's $1 par common stock at $20 per share as additional compensation for services to be rendered over the next three years. The options are exercisable during a five-year period beginning January 1, 2018 by grantees still employed by Ritter. The Black-Scholes option pricing model determines total compensation expense to be $135,000. The market price of common stock was $26 per share at the date of grant. The journal entry to record the compensation expense related to these options for 2015 would include a credit to the Paid-in Capital-Stock Options account for

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The Answer of On January 1, 2015, Ritter Company granted stock options to officers and key employees for the purchase of 15,000 shares of the company's $1 par common stock at $20 per share as additional compensation for services to be rendered over the next three years. The options are exercisable during a five-year period beginning January 1, 2018 by grantees still employed by Ritter. The Black-Scholes option pricing model determines total compensation expense to be $135,000. The market price of common stock was $26 per share at the date of grant. The journal entry to record the compensation expense related to these options for 2015 would include a credit to the Paid-in Capital-Stock Options account for

On January 1, 2015, Ritter Company Granted Stock Options to Officers