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Re:Barely scraping by with a $250,000 salary in Silicon Valley by soreal on Friday April 28, 2017 @04:37PM (#14222861)
Even if it was, you still pay regular income tax on stocks which are given to you.
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Re:Barely scraping by with a $250,000 salary in Silicon Valley by wallstquant on Friday April 28, 2017 @05:05PM (#14223041)
Get an individual patent and get arrange to get paid via royalty licensing. As I understand it, this is all long term cap gains. However. I am not a lawyer or a tax advisor.
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Re:Barely scraping by with a $250,000 salary in Silicon Valley by acchow on Friday April 28, 2017 @05:35PM (#14223255)
a quick Google shows that royalties from patents are taxes as ordinary income.
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