Don’t Tax Options and RSUs Upon Vesting

Re:Don’t Tax Options and RSUs Upon Vesting by acchow on Monday November 13, 2017 @01:57PM (#15689044)

> So we have to start paying people in actual shares if we want to give equity

This is also a big gamble if you're given shares in a non-public company. You pay taxes on these shares at vesting - not only have you reduced your liquidity until IPO/exit, but these shares could end up being worth nothing if the company fails.

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Re:Don’t Tax Options and RSUs Upon Vesting by exelius on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:26PM (#15689357)

That's true if the system continues to work as it does today, yes. But I think the entire model of venture finance is changing towards crypto anyway, making most of these specific points moot. Crypto assets will have different regulations in some form; so I think we should look to shape regulations around cryptocurrency rather than try to cling to an outdated funding model and its associated tax dodges.

Does anyone have data on the number/size of round A funding events vs ICO funding? I have a suspicion we're seeing a transfer from one into the other.

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Re:Don’t Tax Options and RSUs Upon Vesting by imh on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @12:00AM (#15692798)

If this is any indication, traditional venture capital seems to be doing pretty well:

https://www.crunchbase.com/lists/recent-funding-rounds/f535c...

And those are mostly just rounds raised today.

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