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Re:Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad by zrail on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @11:45AM (#19625820)
The IRS considers RSUs that don’t have an expiration date as being close enough to actual shares to be taxable income. There has to be a “substantial risk of forfeiture” to qualify for deferred taxation.
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Re:Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad by mlthoughts2018 on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:21PM (#19626190)
In that case, then only the second suggestion.
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Re:Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad by phamilton on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @01:58PM (#19627182)
That's usually referred to as Phantom Stock, and is a thing.
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