Last year, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Form 15620 for taxpayers to make elections under section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, an important part of US tax planning for founders, employees, board...more
7/18/2025
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On January 14, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service and the US Treasury Department issued proposed regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to implement changes under the American Rescue Plan Act of...more
2/24/2025
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The Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options (ISOs) by employees...more
1/17/2025
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As part of US tax planning for founders, employees, board members, and other individual service providers who receive equity that is subject to vesting in connection with their services, Section 83(b) elections are frequently...more
12/5/2024
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This alert is the third in a three-part Goodwin series regarding double-vest restricted stock unit awards (Double-Vest RSUs). As discussed in Part I and Part II of our series, many mature start-up and other high value pre-IPO...more
This alert is Part II of a three-part Goodwin series on double-vest restricted stock unit awards (Double-Vest RSUs). As discussed in Part I, Double-Vest RSUs are again making headlines, largely as a result of a recent...more
Double-vest restricted stock unit awards (Double-Vest RSUs) made headlines a few years after the end of the Great Recession when they were awarded by pre-IPO tech giants. Since that time, it has become increasingly common for...more
2/17/2023
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Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options...more