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How to answer three common employee stock option tax questions 
Learn how to think about answering questions about stock options and taxes—and when you should direct employees to a third-party Equity Tax Advisor.
Introducing Tax Advisory
With 30,000+ equity plans and one million+ employee equity owners on the platform, no one understands employee equity tax needs better than the Carta team.
What are stock options and how do they work?
Received stock options from your company and don't understand what that means? Here's how to make sense of your offer letter and option grant.
RSAs vs. RSUs
Restricted stock awards (RSAs) and restricted stock units (RSUs) are two alternatives to stock options (such as ISOs and NSOs) that companies can use to compensate their employees. While stock options offer employees the “option” to buy shares at a fixed price, RSAs and RSUs are grants of stock. Although the employee sometimes pays nothing […]
What is an 83(b) election?
An 83(b) election is an IRS form that can allow you to pay taxes based on the value of your equity on the date it was granted. This might lower your tax burden.
What is a restricted stock unit (RSU)?
A restricted stock unit (RSU) is a share of stock from your employer that only vests if certain restrictions are met. Learn more about RSUs and what they mean.