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Re:What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining a Unicorn by compsciphd on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @01:47PM (#13429082)
I believe It's only a $3K per year income deduction if you have no other capital gains to offset it with. If you have future capital gains of $200K, it can make that go to 0 and you wouldn't have to pay tax on it.
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Re:What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining a Unicorn by econner on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @01:50PM (#13429121)
Ah, yes, you're right. It would offset future capital gains.
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