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Surely if you have options or stock in an illiquid company where you can't sell it - they are worth zero on a mark-to-market basis, so you dont need to pay tax
by rb808 9y ago
Surely if you have options or stock in an illiquid company where you can't sell it - they are worth zero on a mark-to-market basis, so you dont need to pay tax on it?
If you can easily sell them for a price it makes sense that you pay tax on it.
- Randgalt 9y agoIf only life were that logical. Under the rules as they are today, there are many scenarios where illiquid options/stock have a taxable event. People's finances have been ruined by this. I had a friend lose a house when he sold his company for stock.