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Re:IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp by paulddraper on Thursday February 27, 2025 @07:07PM (#43200080)
> they still had to pay taxes on the $80 IPO price

They will get capital losses.

That's not perfect.

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Re:IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp by glenngillen on Friday February 28, 2025 @01:18AM (#43202320)
It's really not. Let me know if you find any lenders that will let me pay off a mortgage with a capital loss.

At least in the startup narrative that circulates on HN, most early employees at a company with that kind of IPO would hope to have a lottery like level of financial windfall. Now their upside is if they manage to get luck a second time they get to offset their winnings? :/

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Re:IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp by paulddraper on Friday February 28, 2025 @12:55PM (#43208453)
> Let me know if you find any lenders that will let me pay off a mortgage with a capital loss.

I don't.

But the IRS will let you pay your taxes that way.

It obviously depends how much equity vs income you're talking about.

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