When someone dies with a restricted stock grant, do tax withholding and reporting apply if the vesting is accelerated or allowed to continue?

The acceleration and vesting trigger ordinary income. Whether this is W-2 income and taxes are withheld, or whether it is 1099 income, depends on...

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