You're misunderstanding how and when vested RSUs get taxed. Capital gains is the tax you pay on your profit from owning a stock (after owning it for over a year

You're misunderstanding how and when vested RSUs get taxed. Capital gains is the tax you pay on your profit from owning a stock (after owning it for over a year). When a company gives you shares/RSUs, that is income and you must pay income tax on that right when it vests and the company has IPO'd. See: http://business.time.com/2013/11/07/twitter-employees-will-owe-an-average-of-420000-in-taxes-after-ipo/ http://business.time.com/2013/11/07/twitter-employees-will-o...