> You can’t “just grant stocks” though without subjecting employees to massive tax liabilities on non-liquid shares Just pay their taxes then? If you give an

> You can’t “just grant stocks” though without subjecting employees to massive tax liabilities on non-liquid shares Just pay their taxes then? If you give an employee 100 stocks, valued at 100$ each, with a tax rate of 25% - 7500$ net wealth, you should rather give the employee 75 stocks and 1875$ (==tax on 75 stocks at 25%) - 7500$ net wealth.