Stock option plans give employees the option to purchase (a) a specified number of shares of the firm's stock, (b) at a specified price, (c) during a specified period of time. One of the most heated controversies in standard-setting history has been the debate over the amount of compensation to be recognized as expense for stock options. At issue is how the value of stock options is measured, which for most options determines whether any expense at all is recognized. The opposition included corporate executives, auditors, members of Congress, and the SEC.
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Describe the primary objections of critics of the FASB's eventually successful attempt to require expensing of the fair value of the options.
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