myStockOptions.com Editorial Team & Contributors
Year-end is a key time for financial and tax planning with stock compensation and holdings of company shares. When you are evaluating whether to exercise stock options or sell shares from vested restricted stock/RSUs or an ESPP, you want to consider the thresholds that may trigger higher tax rates for you either this year or next. This article presents ideas to consider. It includes a link to our popular year-end podcast.
myStockOptions Editorial Team
Year-end is a key time for financial and tax planning. Standard strategy: defer income into next year, accelerate deductions into this year. But do President-Elect Biden's proposed tax hikes for high earners change that? This article presents insights from financial advisors and tax pros.
myStockOptions.com Contributors & Editorial Team
We asked several financial advisors to provide their ideas on year-end and year-beginning planning. Read their responses in their own words.
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Bruce Brumberg
Podcast included! As part of your year-end tax planning, don't forget to review your holdings in restricted stock, restricted stock units (RSUs), and performance shares. This article presents strategies that many experts suggest.
John P. Barringer and Michael Beriss
Learn about year-end planning for NQSOs and restricted stock/RSUs, including the continued impact of the Tax Cut & Jobs Act and whether the election results should change your decisions.
myStockOptions Editorial Team
Podcast included! When you think about year-end financial and tax planning, don't forget to review shares acquired through an employee stock purchase plan. This article outlines issues and strategies to contemplate.
myStockOptions.com Editorial Team & Contributors
Podcast included! Understand the core concepts in year-end tax planning for stock options, restricted stock/RSUs, and company stock. Topics in Part 2 include the alternative minimum tax, donations and gifts of stock, and capital gains strategies.
The myStockOptions Editorial Team
Nonprofit organizations and charities appreciate donations of shares as much as gifts of cash, and most large nonprofits are experienced in accepting stock donations. This article presents the essentials, including taxation, that you need to know when you are contemplating charitable donations of shares acquired from stock options, restricted stock/RSUs, or employee stock purchase plans.
John P. Barringer, CFP®
Learn about year-end planning for incentive stock options. This article includes ideas related to the alternative minimum tax.
Alan Ungar
The tax reductions of the past few years have brought both good and bad news for holders of incentive stock options. While you may have lower capital gains rates when you hold the shares long enough after exercise, it is harder to avoid the risks of the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and to fully recover any AMT credit.
Bruce Brumberg, Editor-in-Chief
myStockOptions.com
Updated annually, this PowerPoint presentation provides a timely overview of year-end financial-planning topics for stock compensation, including points of importance for employee education and for financial advisors.
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