Tax errors can be costly! Don't draw unwanted attention from the IRS. Our Tax Center explains and illustrates the tax rules for sales of company stock, W-2s, withholding, estimated taxes, AMT, and more.
Video included! Amid the upheaval of job loss, don't forget your stock compensation. This article covers important aspects of job termination that apply to all stock grants.
Private companies sometimes partly use stock options (NQSOs, not ISOs) or stock grants, along with or instead of cash, to compensate consultants and independent contractors (separate from grants that public and private companies make to nonemployee directors). The size and terms of these grants can be...
Directors of large public companies are often paid in equity awards as well as in cash, though with a different incentive strategy than in the stock comp granted to senior executives. Surveys by research and consulting firms show corporate trends...
While there are no standard rules of thumb, there are methods you can try. Just as with employee grants, company grant practices for consultants vary widely even within a...
Yes. While the tax treatment of restricted stock and RSUs is the same for everyone, the reporting and withholding are different for employees and nonemployees...
Tax errors can be costly! Don't draw unwanted attention from the IRS. Our Tax Center explains and illustrates the tax rules for sales of company stock, W-2s, withholding, estimated taxes, AMT, and more.
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