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Re:Former Uber employees have gone into debt to exercise opt... by hkmurakami on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @12:46PM (#15907663)
This is if you hit AMT, if you have ISOs. One positive for startup employees of the GOP tax bill is that it seeks to repeal AMT for individuals.

If you have NQOs, this tax always happens.

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Re:Former Uber employees have gone into debt to exercise opt... by rconti on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @03:30PM (#15909174)
The Senate tax bill does not eliminate personal AMT, it merely "raises the threshold slightly".

This could be fixed in reconciliation, but with the way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if the house just votes for the senate bill.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/30/what-...

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Re:Former Uber employees have gone into debt to exercise opt... by khuey on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @01:06PM (#15907870)
Unless they're also planning to repeal the $100K limitation on ISOs (after which they're all treated as NQOs) this will only be a modest benefit.
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Re:Former Uber employees have gone into debt to exercise opt... by hkmurakami on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @01:09PM (#15907899)
Is that the senate version?

Also wasn't there a further amendment to that after lobbying to exempt private company shares from this? I recall fred Wilson writing something to that effect.

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Re:Former Uber employees have gone into debt to exercise opt... by ringaroundthetx on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @01:03PM (#15907842)
woah there, you committed the cardinal sin of describing something the GOP is doing as positive for people on the West Coast
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