. sfas no . 123 ( r ) also requires a company to calculate the pool of excess tax benefits available to absorb tax deficiencies recognized subsequent to adopting the statement . in november 2005 , the fasb issued fsp no . 123r-3 , 2018 2018transition election related to accounting for the tax effects of share-based payment awards , 2019 2019 to provide an alternative transition election ( the 2018 2018short-cut method 2019 2019 ) to account for the tax effects of share-based payment awards to employees