Restricted Stock: Section 83(b)

By the time my restricted stock vested the price had dropped from the market price at grant. But I elected to pay taxes on the stock value at the time of grant. Can I recover the taxes that I paid with the Section 83(b) election? This is premium content

No. You were optimistic that the stock price would rise. This is the risk...
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