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Mmm, I've always had the option to "withhold shares" for tax obligations for vesting RSUs; I don't think I've had a delay.

> If you exercise options you have to pay taxes on the difference between the strike price and the current fair market value, and in exchange you've gotten something which is very difficult to sell.

I am suggesting that you can choose to never exercise your options until there is a liquidity event and you can same-day-sell for raw income. This does require you to stay at the company until the liquidity event though.



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