Growth Company & Startup Guide To Stock Vesting / “Restricted Stock” (Section 83(b) Elections)

Founders of startups usually hold their stock subject to “vesting” (stock subject to vesting is also known as “restricted stock”), which generally raises a tax question under Section 83(b).1 How the founder answers this tax question – and they must answer it early in their vesting period – could tremendously impact that founder’s taxes, both now and in the future, on that stock. READ MORE