Bruce Brumberg
NEW! The stock-sale information provided by brokers on IRS Form 1099-B has changed. Cost-basis reporting, both for your broker on Form 1099-B and for you on your tax return, is now more complex, confusing, and vulnerable to errors. This article explains the crucial facts you must know to avoid overpaying tax or attracting unwanted IRS attention.
Matt Simon
Restricted stock units (RSUs) have become the most popular alternative to stock options. While RSUs share many of the same issues as restricted stock, there are differences, and it is important to understand the basics of RSUs in their own right.
Matt Simon
The taxation of RSUs generally resembles that of restricted stock but carries some important differences.
The myStockOptions.com Tax Team
UPDATED! This tax return season has the potential to be more confusing than most if you sold stock last year. You must now file the new IRS Form 8949 along with the revised Schedule D. This change stems from the expansion of the information that brokers must report to you on IRS Form 1099-B. Read this article for tips on these and other crucial tax return topics.
The myStockOptions.com Tax Team
UPDATED FOR 2012! Learn how to report your sales of stock on the new Form 8949 and revised Schedule D of IRS Form 1040.
Richard Friedman
Understand financial planning for restricted stock and RSUs. Part 1 discusses the growing popularity of these grants, their special features, and the related tax planning.
Bruce Brumberg
If there's a way to make learning about tax forms fun, we'll try it. Watch and hear this animated presentation on the expanded IRS Form 1099-B, the new IRS Form 8949, and the revised Schedule D. Learn now to prevent costly tax return mistakes later!
W.E.B. Bantling
Many companies have turned away from stock options and begun to make outright stock grants that must vest before the shares can be issued. For employees, these grants have added a new layer of complexity to their equity compensation. This article presents six questions I get all the time from clients who have received restricted stock, restricted stock units, or performance shares.
Stanley Trotta with Robert Gordon
With tax increases in mind, now may be a good time to re-evaluate your current financial-planning strategy. Should you take action with stock compensation now or wait until new rates apply? Part 2 looks at restricted stock and restricted stock units.
Richard Friedman
Careful planning can help you maximize the value of restricted stock and RSUs by preparing you for decisions you must make. Part 2 covers complex issues in financial, estate, and retirement planning.
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The timing of taxation is different than that of stock options. You pay tax at the time the restrictions on the stock lapse. This occurs when...
Restricted stock withholding is similar to withholding for most other forms of supplemental compensation. You can have different choices for paying taxes, or your company may automatically...
Restricted stock results in ordinary income to you. This occurs either at the time...
Restricted stock units result in ordinary income to you. This occurs when...
For people who sold shares in 2011, major changes in tax reporting and filing are taking effect this tax season...
You will need to gather certain information to complete your tax return. The broker will send you IRS Form 1099-B for the proceeds...
More information is now reported on this form than in past years. This may prove to be more helpful, but it also may be more confusing. Issued to you by your brokerage firm, IRS Form 1099-B is an important document that you must have to complete your tax return. Recent legislation has changed the form in significant ways that you must understand...
When your W-2 income is added to the price you paid for the stock, this is your cost basis on your tax return. The table below presents the compensation portion of your tax basis for all types of stock grants and ESPPs...
The new Form 8949 is where you now list the details of each stock sale on your tax return, while the revised Schedule D is where you now merely aggregate the column totals from Form 8949 to report your total long-term and short-term gains and losses. From our interpretation of the forms and their instructions, myStockOptions.com recommends the following reporting steps to avoid overpaying taxes...
It is easy to make tax return mistakes that lead to paying more than necessary or (perhaps worse) an IRS review. This tax season in particular will be more confusing than most because of the new Form 1099-B, the new Form 8949, and the significantly revised Schedule D...
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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.
