I don't think I'd ever accept RSUs that I could not instruct my broker to liquidate to cover taxes immediately for. I'd either turn down the offer or require mo

I don't think I'd ever accept RSUs that I could not instruct my broker to liquidate to cover taxes immediately for. I'd either turn down the offer or require more cash salary instead. I've never worked in a place where RSUs weren't released simultaneously with vesting so that the broker could liquidate them for taxes on the gains realized by the value-at-vesting of the stock (the proceeds of the sale are also taxed). As that's only applicable to publicly traded companies, I don't think this bill is a good idea. I think the start-up world's use of options and equity is not healthy, but there's a big difference between a person whose options/equity grants are a relatively small fraction of his compensation and true stakeholders/executives who have a significant fraction (often the majority of it) of their compensation in the form of equities. The tax code shouldn't treat these workers the same.