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CEO to Worker Pay Ratios for S&P 500 Companies(mander.xyz)

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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Stock grants are taxed as regular income.

Edit: downvotes from people who have no idea how stock, compensation, or taxes work, apparently.

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uis@lemm.ee
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Maybe in Europe

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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I’m talking about the US, sweetie.

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granolabar@kbin.melroy.org
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Thank you for the service

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qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
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Search the Internet for RSU tax liability in the US. It’s taxed as supplemental income and is subject to withholding.

Are you thinking of options? That’s different — “stock grant” afaik almost always refers to an RSU grant/vest.

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qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
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Yeah people don’t seem to understand taxes wrt stock at all. RSUs are definitely taxed!

Only thing I can think of is they’re thinking of options? Afaik those can be advantageous, tax-wise, because you are taxed when you exercise, not when they’re granted or when they vest (this is my understanding — I could be wrong).

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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Options are basically just a special price you get to pay for stock. There’s another concept called “stock appreciation rights” in which shares are granted at a given strike price, and taxation only occurs on the price difference upon exercise (sale).

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Dkarma@lemmy.world
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Rsus have to vest and then they’re taxed when they drop to your account.

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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That is correct. It’s the same as paying taxes on each paycheck, not when your salary is promised.

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howrar@lemmy.ca
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I thought founders usually get all their shares upon founding the company when it’s worth next to nothing. Is that not how it works?

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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Who was talking about founders?

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howrar@lemmy.ca
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Founders usually end up in C-suite positions. That sounds like what independantiste was thinking about.

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