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If the position is sold two years after the offering date and at least one year after the purchase date, the shares will fall under a qualified disposition. If the shares are sold within two years of the offering date or within one year after the purchase date the disposition will not be qualified. [7]
But the big advantage comes after death: Your chosen successor trustee can immediately step in and manage the assets according to your documented wishes without getting the court involved.
Buy–sell agreement can be in the form of a cross-purchase plan or a repurchase (entity or stock-redemption) plan. For greater neutrality and effectiveness of the buy–sell arrangement, the service of a corporate trustee is recommended. Profit or loss from a buy-sell agreement may trigger tax conquencess and taxable income. [2]
While similar in some ways, the plans also have notable differences. These differences can form a strength: Businesses that offer both an ESOP and a 401(k), as 93.6 percent of The ESOP Association's members [23] do, can offer the best of both plans to their employees.
For instance, in the U.S., employee stock purchase plans enable employees to put aside after-tax pay over some period of time (typically 6–12 months) then use the accumulated funds to buy shares at up to a 15% discount at either the price at the time of purchase or the time when they started putting aside the money, whichever is lower.
If you are a joint account holder responsible for an account after a death, you might want to move some assets, if you have more than $250,000, to another type of bank account or a new bank.
If the shares are sold before the required holding period (a "disqualifying disposition") in the same tax year, then the difference between the price at the time of exercise minus the strike price is taxed as ordinary income, and any additional gain on top of the exercise price is taxed as a short-term capital gain.
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