While employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs) can be a great deal, they vary from company to company and involve investment risk, as personal-finance journalist Kate Dore reports in an article at CNBC. She quotes Bruce Brumberg, the editor-in-chief of myStockOptions, on the types of ESPPs that companies offer and their features.

In its website section on employee stock purchase plans, myStockOptions covers all aspects of ESPPs, including the taxation.