Journal entries for employee stock options. Morrissey Corporation grants 50,000 stock options to its managerial employees on December 3 1 , Year 1 3, to purchase 50,000 shares of its

$1 par value common stock for $60 per share. The market price of a share of common stock on this date is $50 per share. Employees must wait two years before the options vest and they can exercise the options and this two-year period is the expected period of benefit from the stock options. A financial consulting firm estimates that the market value of these options on the grant date is $400,000. On June 30, Year 15. holders of 30.000 options exercise their options at a time when the market price of the stock is $65 per share. On November 15. Year 16, holders of the remaining options exercise them at a time when the market price of the stock is $72 per share.

Present journal entries to record the effects of the transactions related to stock options during Year 13, Year 14, Year 15, and Year 16 following the market value method. The firm reports on a calendar-year basis. Ignore income tax effects.