[karanjassar]

I'll talk to an accountant about w-8 ben but my current understanding it that it's not feasible in our case. Perhaps because there's no immediate payment being made out.

Also, in our case, the problem will exist only if the beneficiary happens to be in the US at the time of these options vesting and liquidating due to a company sale/IPO. At that point, they can't make an 83b election so will end up paying much higher taxes.