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Not weird considering that capital gains are taxed lower than ordinary income.
by nocommentguy 5y ago
Not weird considering that capital gains are taxed lower than ordinary income.
- paxys 5y agoRSUs handed out by all large companies are also taxed as ordinary income.
- plantain 5y agoa) jurisdiction dependent, it's a bigger company than the US. b) if they issue RSU's at $Y, then buyback stock to drive the price up to $Z, the employee's take $Y as ordinary income, and $Z-$Y as cap gains, which is usually taxed more favourably
- varispeed 5y agoMostly because they are used by party donors and other wealthy people who "influence" politicians. When everyone gets paid in dividends, they'll find different mechanism for the wealthy to extract money and tax dividends just like any other income.