How New College Grads Should Approach Stock Compensation

Over the past two years we have written numerous posts to help you evaluate job offers that include stock options or Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). We assumed in all our posts that job seekers were evaluating offers from companies at a similar level of maturity.

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How to Trade Salary for Equity

These days it’s more important than ever to maximize the financial value you extract from your job. In You Need Equity To Live In Silicon Valley we made the case that it’s very hard for a Silicon Valley based couple who earns $250,000 per year to afford to buy a home and put their kids

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Improving Tax Results for Your Stock Option or Restricted Stock Grant, Part 3

Wrapping It All Up: Tax Strategies In this third and final part to our series on the taxation of stock options and restricted stock units (RSUs), we’ll outline some strategies you can use to achieve better tax consequences. While the list below is definitely not comprehensive, it does cover some impactful strategies.

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Improving Tax Results for Your Stock Option or Restricted Stock Grant, Part 2

  Applying the Tax Law to Common Employee Stock Situations In the first part of this three-part series, we discussed the four main taxes relevant to individuals. Now we’ll apply that knowledge to show what taxes would be incurred in five common situations faced by employees who work for venture-capital-backed companies.

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