Santinis new contract for 2016 indicates the following compensation and benefits: Benefit Description Amount Salary $130,000 Health

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Santini’s new contract for 2016 indicates the following compensation and benefits:

Benefit Description Amount Salary $130,000 Health insurance 9,000 Restricted stock grant 2,500 Bonus 5,000 Hawaii trip 4,000 Group-term life insurance 1,600 Parking ($285 per month) 3,420 Santini is 54 years old at the end of 2016. He is single and has no dependents.

Assume that the employer matches $1 for $1 for the first $6,000 that the employee contributes to his 401(k) during the year. The 100 ISOs each allow the purchase of 10 shares of stock at a strike price of $5 (also the market price on the date of grant). The ISOs vest in two years when the stock price is expected to be $15 and Santini expects to sell the shares in three years when the market price is $20. The restricted stock grant is 500 shares granted when the market price was $5 per share. Assume that the stock vests on December 31, 2016, and that the market price on that date is $7.50 per share. Also assume that Santini is willing to make any elections to reduce equity-based compensation taxes. The Hawaii trip was given to him as the outstanding sales person for 2015. The group-term life policy gives him $150,000 of coverage. Assume that Santini does not itemize deductions for the year. Determine Santini’s taxable income and income tax liability for 2016.

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McGraw-Hill's Taxation Of Individuals

ISBN: 9781259729027

2017 Edition

Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver

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