That's not how an 83b election works. Your grant price is the current value, so your taxable gain is 0 upon election. You only have to come up with the money fo

That's not how an 83b election works. Your grant price is the current value, so your taxable gain is 0 upon election. You only have to come up with the money for the stock. Also, you can make a partial election if you don't have enough to buy all of your stock. Many people mess this up.