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"Should you exercise an option, you will need to pay taxes on the spread (delta of strike price and current FMV, i.e. latest 409A valuation)." This isn't reall
by limeyx 10y ago
"Should you exercise an option, you will need to pay taxes on the spread (delta of strike price and current FMV, i.e. latest 409A valuation)."
This isn't really true with ISOs (hence the point of them).
You may get an AMT gain which is ugly, but you don't owe regular taxes on the spread unlike Non-Quals where you would.
- redshirtrob 10y agoTL;DR Talk to your CPA. Yes, you're absolutely correct. That's a bad job on my part. ISOs have a chance of pushing you into AMT land. If you exercise ISOs, and the FMV is different than the exercise price, then you should consult with a CPA to find out if you have a tax liability. When I was in this situation I had a CPA project my taxes for the current year. It turned out that my taxes under the traditional system were more than under AMT, so I didn't have to worry. But this easily could not be the case if the spread is sufficiently large.