The section under ASC 718 report offers a thorough analysis of transactions involving stock-based compensation and how they affect the financial statements of your business.  

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To understand the downloaded ASC 718 report, you must first create a form. Check out our support guide to learn how to create an ASC 718 report on Eqvista.

Here are the steps to follow:

Step 1: Double-click the file to open the ASC 718 report in Excel format that was downloaded. At the bottom of the page, you will see the different sections of the report. Here, click the tab “Transaction Detail”.

Transaction Detail

Step 2: The section calculates the number of options issued, vested throughout the period and the number remaining unvested at the end of the period

Number of options issued and vested
  • Beginning Shares: The total amount of shares in the grant at the beginning of the period.
  • Beginning Vested Shares: The total amount of vested shares in the grant at the beginning of the period.
  • Beginning Unvested Shares: The total amount of unvested shares in the grant at the beginning of the period.
  • Granted Shares: The total amount of shares granted during the period.
  • Vesting During the Period: The total amount of shares vested during the period.
  • Total used on transactions: Total amount of shares used up during the period.
    • Used from exercises: Total amount of shares used up during the period from exercises.
    • Used from Repurchases: Total amount of shares used up during the period from repurchases.
    • Used from Cancellations: Total amount of shares used up during the period from cancellations.
  • Ending Shares: The total amount of shares remaining in the grant at the end of the period.
  • Ending Vested Shares: The total amount of vested shares remaining in the grant at the end of the period.
  • Ending Unvested Shares: The total amount of unvested shares remaining in the grant at the end of the period

In addition to the above-discussed section, there are four more sections: Entries and Disclosures, Volatility calculation, Fair value calculation, and Expense Breakdown.

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