Except the tax code doesn’t care if that was a one time thing vs something that actually does happen for 10 years. If you make $50k plus COLA for your entire c

Except the tax code doesn’t care if that was a one time thing vs something that actually does happen for 10 years. If you make $50k plus COLA for your entire career but one year your stock options materialize and pay $400k, are you rich?