On january 1, 2021, david mest communications granted restricted stock units (rsus) representing 25 million of its $1 par common shares to executives, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within three years. after the recipients of the rsus satisfy the vesting requirement, the company will distribute the shares. the common shares had a market price of $12 per share on the grant date. at the date of grant, mest anticipated that 6% of the recipients would leave the firm prior to vesting. on january 1, 2019, 5% of the rsus are forfeited due to executive turnover. mest chooses the option to account for forfeitures when they actually occur.
required:
1. prepare the appropriate journal entry to record compensation expense on december 31, 2018,
2. prepare the appropriate journal entry to record compensation expense ondecember 31, 2019, and
3. prepare the appropriate journal entry to record compensation expense ondecember 31, 2020.

What are the main advantages and disadvantages of organizing a firm as a c corporation? the advantages are: (select all the choices that apply.) a. there is no limit on the number of owners a c corporation may have, thus allowing the corporation to raise substantial amounts of capital. b. the life of the business can continue beyond the death of any of the owners. c. the corporation can use the assets of the owners to pay for corporate liabilities. this attracts smaller investors to the corporation. d. the liability of the owners is limited to the amount of their investment in the firm. the disadvantages are: (select all the choices that apply.) a. income to a c corporation is subject to double taxation, once at the corporate level and again when received by the owners in the form of a dividend. b. the life of the business usually ends with the death of any of the owners. c. the c corporation is more complicated and more expensive to set up than other business entities. d. corporate liabilities can be passed on to the share

Suppose that a monopolistically competitive restaurant is currently serving 260 meals per day (the output where mr

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?