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Plan for an ESPP

September 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The Canadian Capitalist posted today about how Employee Stock Purchase Plans are taxes.  Particularly, he points out that any discount you receive on the stock purchased is taxed as employment income (i.e., at 100%), whereas any gain (between the market price and your selling price) is taxed at the capital gains rate of 50%.
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