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.
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.
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.
Alan B. Ungar
In a growing trend, your company may let you choose between stock options and restricted stock. Which is better for you? Learn techniques to analyze your financial situation and goals so that you can make the right choice.
Alan B. Ungar
As noted in Part 1, many companies are developing employee-choice programs that allow you to choose between stock options and restricted stock. Part 2 provides a method of analysis to help your decision-making.
Matt Simon
NEW! While restricted stock and RSUs are relatively straightforward, they have technical aspects you must understand to make the most of them. Learn the essential facts of restricted stock and RSUs, including basic concepts, vesting schedules, and tax treatment.
Bruce Brumberg
A growing number of companies are making stock grants that base your profit on more than just your continued employment or an increase in stock price. As companies take a "portfolio approach" to stock compensation, you may be granted performance shares, which you receive only upon the achievement of specified goals. In Part 1 of this series, learn about the basics of performance share grants.
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At a minimum, when the restricted stock vests your company will withhold taxes at the required federal withholding rate for...
Estimated-tax periods end on the last days of March, May, August, and December, with payments due by the 15th (or the next business day) of the following month. If you are paying estimated taxes, one strategy is that just after the start of an estimated-tax period you can...
For restricted stock, you can make what the tax code calls a Section 83(b) election to be taxed immediately at grant instead of later at vesting, when your stock price, and thus your tax rate, may be much higher. However, before you make your decision, realize that...
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...
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...
You need to complete Form 8949 and Schedule D for the year when you sold your stock and file them with your Form 1040 federal income-tax return. You do this even if...
You should definitely report a sale for taxes at vesting if you received a 1099-B that shows the proceeds. The IRS will...
The vesting and the sale are separate transactions. First the stock's value at vesting is taxed, unless...
For people who sold shares in 2011, this tax season presents major changes in tax reporting and filing...
You will need to gather certain information to complete your tax return. The broker will send you IRS Form 1099-B for the proceeds...
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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.
