Bruce Brumberg and Lynnette Khalfani
Tax returns can be onerous. Read this article if you are puzzled by Form 1099-B or don't know how and where to report sales of company stock from options or employee stock purchase plans.
The myStockOptions.com Tax Team
UPDATED FOR 2010! Learn how to report your sales of company stock on Schedule D of IRS Form 1040. Our comprehensive guide to Schedule D reporting covers sales of stock from nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, employee stock purchase plans, and stock appreciation rights.
Stanley Trotta with Robert Gordon
For now, it appears we have dodged a tax-increase bullet. However, President Obama's proposals will probably raise taxes after 2010. Should you take action with stock options now or wait until new rates apply? Part 1 looks at nonqualified stock options.
W.E.B. Bantling and Michael Beriss
The time for tax planning is
before the year ends; tax season is too late. For year-end 2009, learn about several ideas that apply to nonqualified stock options (NQSOs) and restricted stock/RSUs. Meanwhile, look ahead at the likelihood of tax rate changes under President Obama.
Tom Davison and Liam Hurley
Right after you have completed your taxes is a great time to do your big-picture financial planning. You can more accurately project your income and likely tax situation for the remainder of this year and the next, including AMT risk and capital-loss carry-forwards, to develop your strategy. At the end of the year, review your analysis and strategy again.
Mark Miller
UPDATED! For employees and executives, international travel and relocation are increasingly common. The taxation of "mobile employees" is always complex, and never more than with equity compensation. Part 1 introduces the key concepts and rules, including the sourcing and apportioning of income.
Mark Miller
International assignments or relocations can present attractive opportunities for career advancement. However, the taxation of equity compensation for mobile employees raises complex issues. Part 2 looks at specific scenarios, withholding taxes, and tax equalization.
Tom Davison
Even under President Barack Obama, the Bush administration's 2003 tax cuts and later extensions will continue to affect tax strategies for NQSOs, ISOs, and restricted stock. Unless these tax laws change soon, many of them will persist through 2010.
Marilyn Renninger
Here's some advice for financial fitness: take stock of taxes before you exercise! When and how you exercise your stock options can have a major impact on how much tax and which taxes you'll pay.
Marilyn Renninger
You're ready to delve deeper into how and when different taxes apply to NQSOs. You need to consider taxes at exercise and at sale to put together a strategy that maximizes the value of your options.
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The full spread is included in your gross income for the year of exercise as ordinary income...
All exercises with an exercise date in 2009, and all restricted stock with a vesting date in 2009, will be included in 2009 taxes and on your W-2 for 2009, and will count...
Capital gains tax applies on the amount of your gains above...
Yes. The spread at exercise of an NQSO is "wages" for purposes of...
There is a federal tax (called FUTA) to help fund unemployment benefits. FUTA is imposed on...
Many states, along with some counties and cities, impose...
Whether you can withhold more or not, the mandatory federal withholding rate...
Generally, state and local income taxes are an itemized deduction on your...
At a minimum, when you exercise your stock options, your company will withhold taxes at the required federal withholding rate for supplemental income. However, depending on your income, this minimum withholding may not be enough. If so, you will need to...
To calculate the taxable income at exercise, your company subtracts your exercise price from the fair market value (FMV) of the stock at exercise. Approaches to this FMV calculation depend on...
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Tax errors can be costly! Don't draw unwanted attention from the IRS. Our Tax Center explains and illustrates the tax rules for sales of company stock, W-2s, withholding, estimated taxes, AMT, and more.
