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admoin on March 11, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Founder salaries after an acquisition: how much?

There are also tax reasons to heavily overweight his compensation in stock options. See IRC § 162(m)

eru on March 12, 2008 [–]

Yes, tax may be the only reason to go for a lower salary / higher aquisition combo.

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