[briandear]

Options are not income and are worthless unless it’s a public company or there is a liquidity event. Considering options as a part of income is the same as if your company paid you in lottery tickets.

[AstralStorm]

Tax codes agree and defer the actual taxation to the time you execute the options - then they become income.

[schrodinger]

Exercised options in a private company still aren't liquid, or usable income.

[anindha]

Early employees at Uber had an opportunity to sell stock at a funding round. Not sure exactly how many people, but believe it was first 1000.

[Palmik]

The form also does not let you specify regularly vesting stock for publicly traded companies.

[walshemj]

but for example uk share shaves are zero risk and can have very high tax free payouts.