[lbo-talk] Tuff Lib'rul

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Fri Jan 30 14:41:54 PST 2004



> In the same manner, the CEO would pay for the value of
> the option at the time it was received, plus tax on any
> capital gains this stock would yield in the future.

That's already captured in the basis of the option.

The difference is that if it expires worthless, and he's already paid tax on it, now he has a loss. It's better the way it is now: worthless options (the VAST majority of them) aren't a tax item at all. It's called an OPTION afterall.

Your proposal increases complexity without increasing revenue opportunities; and of course with AMT, some of this already happens (though as investment income, not regular income).

/jordan



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