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Comment by Not Optional
EU stock options advocacy initiative
Not Optional – the Index Ventures-led campaign to improve stock option rules and improve conditions for employee ownership of Europe’s startups – today marks its fifth anniversary with an update to its country rankings and a call for pan-European alignment on stock option treatment. [...] Stock options are now on the EU agenda, with institutions recognising the benefit of a pan-European approach and seeking a mechanism to deliver it. Key stock options policy improvements over the past five years [...] Spain: As part of the Startup Law passed in 2023, the total amount of tax-exempt stock options employees can receive annually increased from €12,000 to €50,000, with taxation only incurred at liquidity. This significant progress makes Spain more aligned with its leading European peers. [...] Austria: At the start of 2024, the Start-up Promotion Act enabled companies of a certain size to issue stock options to employees that are only taxed at the point of sale.AI Verified source (2024)
6mo ago
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The quote directly discusses the policy of taxing employee stock options only at sale/liquidity, citing Spain ('taxation only incurred at liquidity') and Austria ('only taxed at the point of sale') as positive reforms.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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The quote treats taxing stock options only at liquidity/sale as a positive reform, calling Spain’s change to have "taxation only incurred at liquidity" a "significant progress" and listing Austria’s options "only taxed at the point of sale" among "Key stock options policy improvements."
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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AI Verified
Verified: the Not Optional news post dated 28/10/24 contains the quoted passages verbatim, including the anniversary sentence, the sentence about stock options being on the EU agenda, and the Spain and Austria bullet points under the stock-options improvements section; the [...] markers match omitted intervening text. The page is published as a Not Optional news item, so attribution to Not Optional is supported. ([notoptional.eu](https://www.notoptional.eu/latest-news/seven-european-countries-match-or-beat-us-for-stock-option-policy.html))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Verified
Source URL returned 403 to WebFetch, but web search confirmed all key phrases from the quote appear in the Not Optional 5-year anniversary news (October 2024): the Spain Startup Law €12k → €50k tax-exempt threshold "with taxation only incurred at liquidity," and Austria's Start-up Promotion Act enabling stock options taxed at point of sale. The campaign explicitly advocates taxing stock options at sale, aligning with the "for" vote on the statement. Year 2024 matches the anniversary publication.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Not Optional