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3.1 Employee stock options

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3.1 Employee stock options | United States


United States

3.1ÌýÌýÌýÌý Employee stock options

In the US system, there are three main types of stock options:

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    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý Incentive Stock Options (ISO's)

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    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý Non-statutory (non-qualified) stock options (non-quals)

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    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý Employee Stock Purchase Plan Options (ESPP)

The payroll reporting and tax withholding vary based on the type of option income incurred by the employee.

Incentive stock options

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    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý Grant of stock option: not taxable to the employee.

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    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý Exercise and holding of the stock option: no federally reportable wage income for federal income tax withholding purposes, social tax or FUTA:

  3. Ìý
    1. Ìý

      –ÌýÌýÌýÌý Employee may have reportable income related to the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). The employee would calculate and pay this tax through the employee's federal income tax return.

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    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý Exercise and Sale

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