Re:Former Uber employees have gone into debt to exercise opt...
by niuzeta on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @04:58PM
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Responding to my own inquiry, from the article:
> Under current tax law, the income from exercising ISOs, a special type of option typically reserved for executives and senior employees, falls under an alternative tax calculation designed to prevent high-earners from using deductions to avoid paying tax. Non-qualified stock options, more commonly awarded to regular employees, are taxed the year they’re exercised on the gain in the stock.
> Under current tax law, the income from exercising ISOs, a special type of option typically reserved for executives and senior employees, falls under an alternative tax calculation designed to prevent high-earners from using deductions to avoid paying tax. Non-qualified stock options, more commonly awarded to regular employees, are taxed the year they’re exercised on the gain in the stock.