Re:Options Acctg: Prvt. Start-ups vs. Public Cos. (Score 1)

Some traders trade on income news, with little time for analysis. They would be more useful if the info they traded on was good. When I talk about equity traders I assume that the equities trade on a public market. I agree that sharing the expense by having the company do it has advantages if most equity owners would do the analysis. The equity owners of a private firm have almost no opportunity to trade out of their shares anyway and so won't get much out of options expense info until the company goes public. All in all, I think I favor expensing if it carries over to income taxes. I'm going to start reading up on Subchapter S and limited partnership structures for start-ups.