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The Alternative Minimum Tax is an aspect of the United States federal tax code that seeks to capture a minimum level of revenue from all taxpayers and to ensure that some earners are not escaping tax liability... more +
The Alternative Minimum Tax is an aspect of the United States federal tax code that seeks to capture a minimum level of revenue from all taxpayers and to ensure that some earners are not escaping tax liability through certain tax breaks or deductions.  Liability under the AMT is calculated by adding certain deductions back into an individual's adjusted gross income, subtracting the AMT exemption and then, paying a percentage of the remaining figure. less -
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I Seen a Girl on a One-Way Corridor, Stealing Down a Wrong-Way Street – Tax Opportunities with ISOs in M&A

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by John Ludlum Incentive Stock Options (“ISOs”) have a somewhat legendary status as equity incentives for technology and other early-stage companies. It is true that ISOs are one of two types of equity awards that can achieve...more

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Not So Fast…the (Unexpected) Consequences of Allowing Your Employees to Early Exercise Options

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From time to time, and primarily when the economy is booming, allowing stock options to be “early exercised” - that is, allowing options to be exercised before they are vested - becomes in vogue. We are in one of those times....more

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Unexpected Risks of Early Exercise Incentive Stock Options

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Canadian companies and their outside counsel occasionally ask about the ability to grant early exercise incentive stock options (“ISOs”) to limit the impact of the U.S. alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) to their U.S. employees....more

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Unexpected Risks of Early Exercise ISOs

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Companies that permit the grant of early exercise incentive stock options (“ISOs”) do so primarily to limit the impact of the alternative minimum tax (“AMT”). However, due to fairly counterintuitive tax regulations,...more

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