Incentive Stock Options and Executive Compensation
Restricted stock units are commonly used as a compensation tool by employers who want to reward and retain key employees. If you’re on the receiving end of restricted stock units, or RSUs, you could be set to financially benefit if you meet specific conditions set by your employer. The requisite …
[Read more...] about How to Create a Liquidation Plan for Your Restricted Stock Units
No one likes to see a stock they own go down in value. When we buy stock, we hope the price rises so we can earn a profit on our purchase. It’s bad enough, then, when our share prices fall instead. But what’s potentially even worse? Seeing those falling stock prices -- and seeing the value of our …
[Read more...] about 6 Reasons to Exercise Your Incentive Stock Options Even When the Price Is Down
Incentive stock options are a form of employee compensation that allow you to participate in the appreciating value of a company stock price. Much like their non-qualified stock option cousins, incentive stock options, or ISOs, allow for the purchase of a stock at a predetermined share price. If …
[Read more...] about How and When Are Incentive Stock Options Taxable?
Some companies offer employee stock grants as part of a compensation package to help attract, retain, and reward key employees. Both the business and the employee share the hope that the stock price of the company will increase over time, which in turn can increase the success of the business and …
[Read more...] about 4 Questions to Ask If You Have Employee Stock Grants
Finding the best time and best strategy to exercise incentive stock options is difficult. Competing considerations on income tax, investment planning, and financial planning make it difficult to address the best time to exercise incentive stock options (ISOs) with a blanket answer. Some …
