Tweedie company issues 11,500 shares of restricted stock to its cfo, mary tokar, on january 1, 2014. the stock has a fair value of $575,000 on this date. the service period related to this restricted stock is 5 years. vesting occurs if tokar stays with the company until december 31, 2018. the par value of the stock is $10. at december 31, 2014, the fair value of the stock is $465,300(a) prepare the journal entries to record the restricted stock on january 1, 2014 (the date of grant), and december 31, 2015(b) on july 25, 2018, tokar leaves the company. prepare the journal entry to account for this forfeiture.

The journal entries are as follows:

(a) (i) on January 1, 2014

Unearned compensation A/c Dr. $5,75,000

       To Common stock (11,500 × 10)                $115,000                              

       To Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par - Common Stock $4,60,000

(ii) On December 31, 2015

compensation expenses A/c(575,000 × 1/5) Dr. $1,15,000

       To Unearned compensation                $1,15,000

(To record the restricted stock)

(b) On July 25, 2018,

common stock A/c Dr. $1,15,000

Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par - Common Stock A/c Dr. $4,60,000

     To compensation expenses  $4,60,000

     To unearned compensation   $1,15,000

(To record the forfeiture)

of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.