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Re:No More Layoffs with a Payoff: It's Time to Freeze CEO Sa... by riku_iki on Friday November 01, 2024 @10:42PM (#42023674)
He probably means initial grant is taxed as wage income, and then if company succeeded, stock goes up, and he pays lower long term capital gain tax.
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Re:No More Layoffs with a Payoff: It's Time to Freeze CEO Sa... by njtransit on Friday November 01, 2024 @11:10PM (#42023780)
That would be the same if comp was paid in cash and then individually invested.
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Re:No More Layoffs with a Payoff: It's Time to Freeze CEO Sa... by riku_iki on Friday November 01, 2024 @11:40PM (#42023903)
which somehow rarely/never happens. I suspect they may have some contractual obligations to hold on stocks, otherwise market may start panicking seeing CEO aggressively selling stocks.
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