Difference between revisions of "FAR 31.205-6(i) - Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, and Phantom Stock Plans."
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*(i) Compensation based on changes in the prices of corporate securities or corporate security ownership, such as stock options, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock plans, and junior stock conversions. | *(i) Compensation based on changes in the prices of corporate securities or corporate security ownership, such as stock options, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock plans, and junior stock conversions. | ||
**(1) Any compensation which is calculated, or valued, based on changes in the price of corporate securities is unallowable. | **(1) Any compensation which is calculated, or valued, based on changes in the price of corporate securities is unallowable. | ||
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[[Category: FAR 31- Cost Principles]] | [[Category: FAR 31- Cost Principles]] | ||
Revision as of 12:08, 5 September 2013
== Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Phantom Stock Plans
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Allowable or Unallowable?
Unallowable
FAR Citation[1]
- (i) Compensation based on changes in the prices of corporate securities or corporate security ownership, such as stock options, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock plans, and junior stock conversions.
- (1) Any compensation which is calculated, or valued, based on changes in the price of corporate securities is unallowable.
- (2) Any compensation represented by dividend payments or which is calculated based on dividend payments is unallowable.
- (3) If a contractor pays an employee in lieu of the employee receiving or exercising a right, option, or benefit which would have been unallowable under this paragraph (i), such payments are also unallowable.
Summary
Stock options and similar securities are unallowable if the compensation is based on the changes in the price of the security. Because this form of compensation is unallowable, and the US Government will not reimburse a contractor for these costs, most US Government contractors do not use these instruments to compensate their employees.
References and Notes
Contributors
Name, Title, and Organization
Major
Marshall Haney, Director USG Compliance,
