Re:I will not exercise my Gitlab stock options (2017)
by plorkyeran on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @05:01PM
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$4,000 to exercise and $250,000 in taxes on shares that they wouldn't be able to sell for another four years. The AMT heavily punishes exercising options in pre-IPO companies.
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Re:I will not exercise my Gitlab stock options (2017)
by bpodgursky on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @05:05PM
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In 2017 when making this choice, presumably the FMV would not have been anything close to what it is now, and there's little to no issue with AMT.