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Equity Compensation Primer: ISOs v. NSOs

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Many early-stage companies give employees, consultants, advisors, board members and other service providers (referred to as “service providers”) an opportunity to own a stake in the company through the grant of compensatory...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Private Equity Incentive Structures: What Management Needs to Know

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If a private equity buyer is exploring an acquisition of the company you manage, and you anticipate remaining involved in the business after the sale, there are a number of options that may be appealing to you. It is likely...more

Cooley LLP

Year-End Reporting for ISO Exercises and ESPP Stock Transfers - January 2025

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This alert serves as a reminder of certain year-end reporting requirements imposed under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Reminder about Annual ISO/ESPP Reporting in January 2025 and New Section 83(b) Election Form

Annual Reporting on ISO/ESPP Transactions - As originally discussed in our December 16, 2010 blog article, the IRS issued final regulations in 2009 under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) that require...more

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Commonly Considered Option Program Enhancements: Part IV - Employee Loans To Purchase Shares

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Consider this fairly typical situation. Four years ago, employee Emma was granted an incentive stock option (ISO) to purchase 100,000 shares with an exercise price of $0.86 per share. Emma’s award is fully-vested and she...more

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What Non-US Startups Need to Know About Granting Stock Options

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Partners Dotan Barnea and Darren Goodman talk with Taryn Cannataro about what a startup outside of the United States should do if it is considering granting stock options to employees in the U.S. Such situations give rise to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

2022 Annual Reporting Requirements for Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plans

Annual Information Statements and IRS Returns Requirement to Report For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2021 or (2) transfer during 2021 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a tax-qualified...more

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Surf’s Up, Dude! High Tech Tax Solutions for High Tech Workers! - Tax Planning Solutions for the Exercise of Incentive Stock...

I remember the first time that I signed onto the internet. It was 1998 and I had just started work for Deloitte and Touche in Boston. My boss was traveling on my first day with the company,so I had to entertain myself...more

Fenwick & West LLP

IRS Filing and Reporting Requirements for ISO Exercises and ESPP Stock Transfers for 2020

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This client alert is intended to remind you of certain year-end reporting requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), with respect to stock issued to employees (or former...more

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Not So Fast…the (Unexpected) Consequences of Allowing Your Employees to Early Exercise Options

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From time to time, and primarily when the economy is booming, allowing stock options to be “early exercised” - that is, allowing options to be exercised before they are vested - becomes in vogue. We are in one of those times....more

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IRS Filing and Reporting Requirements for ISO Exercises and ESPP Stock Transfers for 2019

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This client alert is intended to remind you of certain 2018 year-end reporting requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), with respect to stock issued to employees or former...more

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IRS Reporting Requirements – 2018 Employee Stock Transactions

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Now that 2019 has begun, corporations should be aware of IRS reporting requirements regarding certain 2018 stock transactions with their employees. Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the...more

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New 162(m) Guidance: IRS Notice 2018-68 Clarifies Scope of Tax Reform and Transition Rules

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Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code denies a tax deduction to a public company for compensation paid to certain individuals—called “covered employees”—to the extent that the compensation paid to such individual...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Annual Reporting Requirements for Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plans (UPDATED)

Requirement to Report For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2017 or (2) transfer during 2017 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), the...more

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Unexpected Risks of Early Exercise Incentive Stock Options

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Canadian companies and their outside counsel occasionally ask about the ability to grant early exercise incentive stock options (“ISOs”) to limit the impact of the U.S. alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) to their U.S. employees....more

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