<topic sku="core" tNum="254653" author="sallyh" xmlns="x-schema:hhTopicSchema.xml"><index><title>Enter an employee stock option grant</title><category>investing</category><klink type="prcdr">How do I enter an employee stock option grant?</klink></index>
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<tease>Why?</tease>
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<p>Money tracks the vested and unvested value of your employee stock option grants and creates grant, vest, and expire transactions for the grant based on the details you enter.</p>
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<li>If you don't have an account for your stock option grants, create an account and enter your initial stock option grant.</li>
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<li>On the <emph>Accounts & Bills</emph> menu, click <emph>Account Setup</emph>.</li>
<li>Click <emph>Add a new account</emph>.</li>
<li>Click <emph>Not held at a bank, broker, or other financial institution</emph>, and then click <emph>Next</emph>.</li>
<li>When asked what kind of account you want to set up, click <emph>Employee Stock Option</emph>, and then click <emph>Next</emph> twice.</li>
<li>Follow the instructions on the screen.</li>
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<p variant="note">If your company stock has split since your original grant, enter the post-split number of shares and strike prices when setting up the grant.</p>
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<li>If you already have an account for your stock option grants, you can enter additional grants in that account.</li>
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<li>On the <emph>Investing</emph> menu, click <emph>Portfolio</emph>.</li>
<li>Click the employee stock option account to open it.</li>
<li>Click <emph>New</emph>.</li>
<li>In the <emph>Investment</emph> box, type a name for the grant, press the TAB key, and then follow the instructions on your screen.</li>
