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by bjacokes 3630 days ago
That's not true, the ISO option spread at exercise is taxed via AMT [1]. In general you shouldn't give out tax advice, and if you do at least make sure you have your facts straight. Plenty of early employees have been bitten by this rule and it doesn't that people perpetuate incorrect information.

[1] https://www.nceo.org/articles/stock-options-alternative-mini...