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Equity Compensation

Employee Stock Options, Restricted Stock, and ESPPs

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Abstract

In late 2021, Elon Musk polled his Twitter followers the following: “Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock. Do you support this?”

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    www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-says-ceos-should-give-all-employees-stock-options-2020-6

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    https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1457064697782489088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1457066048944066565%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2021%2F11%2F7%2F22768364%2Felon-musk-poll-twitter-tesla-10-percent-billionaires-capital-gains-tax

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    www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-exercises-final-batch-of-tesla-stock-options-behind-ceos-recent-share-dealings-11640748564#:~:text=Mr.,the%20transactions%20began%20last%20month.

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    https://taxfoundation.org/taxpayers-subject-alternative-minimum-tax/

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    www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/technology/when-a-unicorn-start-up-stumbles-its-employees-get-hurt.html

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    https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/how-mark-cuban-saved-billions-yahoo-windfall-dot-com-crash-2020-6-1029303375#:~:text=Cuban%20worked%20with%20Goldman%20Sachs,Insider’s%20homepage%20for%20more%20stories.

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Taulli, T. (2022). Equity Compensation. In: The Personal Finance Guide for Tech Professionals. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8242-7_10

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