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foota
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I graduated into the dot com bust as a programmer ...
Isn't the favorable tax treatment only on the appreciation from the vest price?
akhosravian
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Yes. RSUs for publicly traded companies are for functionally equivalent to a cash for tax purposes. Not selling them immediately is the same as if your employer had given you a cash bonus and you bought shares of the company with the whole thing.
adtac
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Ah I'm not too sure. That might be the case.
dmoy
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RSU is taxed at vest, exactly like cash bonus for tax purposes. If you sell it immediately, it's
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exactly like cash.
arcticbull
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And you can't offset your capital losses with RSU vesting,
really really exactly
like cash haha.
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