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Examining The Tax Advantage Of Founders' Stock, Gregg D. Polsky, Brant J. Hellwig
Examining The Tax Advantage Of Founders' Stock, Gregg D. Polsky, Brant J. Hellwig
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Recent commentary has described founders' stock as tax-advantaged because it converts founders' compensation income into capital gains. In this paper we describe various founders' stock strategies that offer this character conversion and then analyze whether they are, on the whole, tax advantageous. While the founders' stock strategies favorably convert the character of the founders' income, they simultaneously turn the company's compensation deductions into non-deductions. Whether founders' stock is tax-advantaged overall depends on whether the benefit of the founders' character conversion outweighs the cost of the company's lost deductions. We use various hypothetical to illustrate this tradeoff. We conclude that founders' …
Examining The Tax Advantage Of Founders' Stock, Gregg D. Polsky, Brant J. Hellwig
Examining The Tax Advantage Of Founders' Stock, Gregg D. Polsky, Brant J. Hellwig
Scholarly Works
Recent commentary has described founders' stock as tax-advantaged because it converts founders' compensation income into capital gains. In this paper we describe various founders' stock strategies that offer this character conversion and then analyze whether they are, on the whole, tax advantageous. While the founders' stockstrategies favorably convert the character of the founders' income, they simultaneously turn the company's compensation deductions into non-deductions. Whetherfounders' stock is tax-advantaged overall depends on whether the benefit of the founders' character conversion outweighs the cost of the company's lost deductions. We use various hypothetical to illustrate this tradeoff. We conclude that founders' stock is …
The Impact Of Public Disclosure On Equity Dispositions By Corporate Managers, David I. Walker
The Impact Of Public Disclosure On Equity Dispositions By Corporate Managers, David I. Walker
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In a recent article, Professor Robert J. Jackson Jr. investigates the impact of public disclosure on equity dispositions by senior managers at Goldman Sachs. Utilizing previously overlooked data, Jackson finds that disclosure of sales per Securities Exchange Act section 16(a) dampens selling. This response critically examines the theoretical link between public disclosure and equity dispositions as well as Jackson’s empirical analyses. Jackson has provided convincing evidence of the existence of the relationship he theorizes, and he has done an admirable job of isolating the impact of public disclosure on sales in the face of potentially confounding influences. Nonetheless, some concerns …