Apply taxes on stock options only when sold

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Highgate
Slovak law and tax advisory firm

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For our clients, we therefore try to find legal ways to set up the ESOP structure so as to divert the moment of taxation to the moment of actually received cash income, or to reduce the rate of taxes and levies, or to minimize the risks of a possible...
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Not Optional
EU stock options advocacy initiative

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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 ali...
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Michaela Jefferson
UK-based business and tax journalist

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There are two primary considerations. The first is when you get taxed: is it only at the point of sale (i.e. when you are able to liquidate your shares)? Is there an additional tax to pay when exercising stock options or when shares vest? Or, are you...
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Index Ventures
European venture capital firm

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This is a critical factor impacting the attractiveness of stock options. The later they are taxed, the better. Not only for the employee – but in our opinion, also for governments, because tax-receipts are maximised by targeting the point of greatest...
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Frederic W. Cook
US executive compensation consultant

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In summary, I would say that the tax compact set in the Revenue Act of 1950 was that the employee would get capital gains only at sale and the corporation would forego a tax deduction. For the next 50 years, I would suggest that we change that tax c...
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Pieter Levels
Solo serial entrepreneur

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The current tax policy in the EU taxes stock options at the time they are exercised, creating a significant financial burden on employees who have not yet realized any tangible financial gain. This approach stifles innovation, discourages entrepreneu...
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Philipp Herkelmann
Author of EU-ESOP startup equity proposal

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Employees will only be faced with a tax event at the point of sale [...] there should be no tax event prior to that.
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