I'm not sure your comment helps in clearing up the confusion. > 1. Stripe has to pay $3.5B in taxes. This is unrelated to employee stock. According to the com

I'm not sure your comment helps in clearing up the confusion. > 1. Stripe has to pay $3.5B in taxes. This is unrelated to employee stock. According to the company that $3.5b withholding tax ($2.3b this quarter, $500m in Q2-Q4, $700m next year) is very much related to RSUs.