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A comment on Don’t Tax Options and RSUs Upon Vesting. Parent comment

Re:Don’t Tax Options and RSUs Upon Vesting by kyleblarson on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:06AM (#15687437)
It's already taxed whenever they exercise.
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Re:Don’t Tax Options and RSUs Upon Vesting by ihsw2 on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:23AM (#15687589)
Well, perhaps increasing tax at exercise was politically untenable, but tax at vesting was. Just a hunch that they needed to grab from somewhere easy.
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Re:Don’t Tax Options and RSUs Upon Vesting by noahdesu on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:55AM (#15687854)
It is definitely easier to sell "oh this is just an esoteric part of the tax code that effects a small percentage of people. You know, we are just moving around when they pay taxes it's not like a tax increase or decrease".
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