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by sokoloff 1898 days ago
ISOs with an 83(b) election (and then “hit”) are much more valuable than W-2 income from a tax perspective. (Whether that W-2 income is cash salary or RSUs.)
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In the current tax code. Wouldn’t some of the proposals to consider more capital gains as income change that?
But that comes with the risk of over paying taxes, so not exactly comparable to cash compensation.