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Re:Autodesk to Acquire PlanGrid (YC W12) to Accelerate Const... by carlosdp on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @10:05AM (#18503174)
This is if you exercise at/after the IPO. If you can afford it, you can exercise early, get taxed on that earlier value, and then it will be mostly capital gains. Higher risk, cause it could end up being worth nil, but higher reward.
Re:Autodesk to Acquire PlanGrid (YC W12) to Accelerate Const... by jypepin on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @10:58AM (#18503576)
yes, there are a lot of other situations, but this is the general one and I was explaining the situation where why the person would not be paying capital gain tax
Re:Autodesk to Acquire PlanGrid (YC W12) to Accelerate Const... by carlosdp on Thursday November 22, 2018 @01:00AM (#18508179)
Yea, I was just adding on to your comment to shed light on why ISOs can be good in certain situations.