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Annual Information Statements and IRS Returns Requirement to Report For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2024 or (2) transfer during 2024 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a tax-qualified...more
This alert is a reminder of the approaching deadlines for certain year-end reporting requirements applicable to corporations that issue stock to employees (including former employees) upon the exercise of certain stock...more
The IRS has issued two forms (along with accompanying instructions) that corporations must use to satisfy the return and information statement requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended....more
The Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options (ISOs) by employees...more
This alert serves as a reminder of certain year-end reporting requirements imposed under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to...more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) requires a corporation to furnish a written statement to any employee or former employee who either (i) exercised an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of...more
Annual Reporting on ISO/ESPP Transactions - As originally discussed in our December 16, 2010 blog article, the IRS issued final regulations in 2009 under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) that require...more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options...more
Companies frequently grant tax-advantaged incentive stock options (ISOs) or sponsor a tax-advantaged employee stock purchase plan (an ESPP) to provide tax-advantaged equity incentives to employees that are U.S. taxpayers. One...more
This blog is the first post in a four-part series. Part I will provide a high-level summary of stock option basics....more
As a reminder, the Internal Revenue Code requires that you furnish an information return to each individual (“optionee”) who exercised an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2022 and to each individual (“transferor”) who...more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees and former employees and send information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options (ISOs)...more
Options to purchase stock of an employer continue to be a popular form of equity-based compensation, particularly among start-ups and other privately-held companies. ...more
Annual Information Statements and IRS Returns - Requirement to Report - For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2020 or (2) transfer during 2020 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a...more
Requirement to Report - For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2019 or (2) transfer during 2019 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), the...more
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code denies a tax deduction to a public company for compensation paid to certain individuals—called “covered employees”—to the extent that the compensation paid to such individual...more
This alert serves as a reminder of certain year-end reporting requirements imposed under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to incentive stock option exercises and transfers of stock...more
Annual Information Statements and IRS Returns - Requirement to Report - For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option ("ISO") during 2016 or (2) transfer during 2016 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a...more