[jamie_ca]

Is that a US thing?

I'm up in Canada, and the RSU structure for my employer is an initial grant of $3x, with $x vesting every year for three years. Only when I exercise the vested RSUs (flat exchange at fair market value - typically the average stock price over the past week) do I declare them as income, at which point it's taxed as per usual for employment income.

[infinite8s]

Is your employer public? It's much easier to liquidate a portion of your RSUs to cover taxes on the rest in the public markets.

[timcederman]

Yes, it's a US thing.