Pre-IPO: Early-Exercise Options

I exercised stock options in a pre-IPO company and paid tax on the spread at exercise. The price used for the fair market value (FMV) now seems high, given the expected IPO price. Can I use the IPO price to recover taxes that were paid? This is premium content

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