They would have a couple of options: They could sell stock—maintaining the total size of the company but losing some control over it, in order to pay taxes. A

They would have a couple of options: They could sell stock—maintaining the total size of the company but losing some control over it, in order to pay taxes. Alternatively, they could reduce the size of the company by having the company issue dividends on the stock to shareholders, in an amount enough to cover taxes.