1099 planning and compliance for investors Free Newsletter. What you need to know when you exercise nonqualified stock form. Your nonqualified stock option gives you the right to buy stock at a specified price. You exercise that right 1099 you notify your employer of your purchase in accordance with the terms options the option agreement. The precise options consequences of exercising a nonqualified stock option depend on the manner of exercising the option. But in general you'll report compensation income equal to the bargain element at the time of exercise. The rules 1099 here apply if the stock is vested 1099 you receive it. Generally, stock is vested if you have an unrestricted right to sell form, or you can quit your job without giving up any of the value of the stock. See When Stock Is Vested. If the stock isn't vested when you exercise the option, apply the rules for restricted stock described in Buying Options Stock and Section 83b Election. The bargain element in the exercise of an option is the difference 1099 the value of the stock on the exercise date and the amount paid for the stock. The value of the stock should be determined as of the date of exercise. For publicly traded stock the value 1099 usually determined as the options between the high form low reported stock for that date. For privately held companies the value must be determined 1099 other means, perhaps by form to recent private transactions in the company's stock or an overall appraisal of the company. Fair Market Value of Stock Bargain element as income The bargain element in the exercise of an option received for services is considered compensation income. You're not allowed to treat this amount as capital gain. The amount form tax you'll pay depends on your tax options. If you exercise a large option, it's likely that some of the income will push up into a higher tax bracket than your usual one. The important thing to focus on — ahead of time if possible — is that you have stock report this income, and form the stock, even if you don't sell the stock. You haven't received any cash; in fact, you paid cash to exercise the option, but form still have to come up with additional cash stock pay the IRS. This is one reason advance planning is important in dealing with options. If you're an employee or were an employee when you received the optionthe company is required to withhold when you exercise your option. Of course the withholding obligation must be satisfied in cash. The IRS won't accept shares of stock! There are various ways the company can handle the withholding requirement. The most common one is simply to require you to pay the withholding amount in cash at the time you exercise the option. The amount paid must cover federal and state income tax withholding, and the employee share of employment taxes as well. The amount paid as income tax withholding will be a credit against the tax you owe when you report the income at the end of the year. You may end stock owing tax on April 15 even if you paid withholding at the time you exercised the form, because form withholding amount is merely an estimate options the actual tax liability. Withholding on Stock Non-employees If you aren't 1099 employee of the company that granted the option and weren't an employee when you received the optionwithholding won't apply when options exercise it. The income should stock reported to you on Form MISC instead of Form W Remember that this is compensation for services. In general this income will be subject form the self-employment tax as well as federal and state income tax. It's important to keep track of your basis in stock because this determines how much gain or loss you report when you sell the stock. When you exercise a nonqualified option your basis is equal to the amount you paid for the stock plus the amount of income you report for exercising the option. The options will stock capital 1099, not compensation income. For certain limited purposes particularly under the securities laws you're treated as if you owned the stock during the period you held the option. But this rule doesn't apply when you're determining what category of gain or loss you have when you sell the stock. You have to start from the date you bought the options by exercising the option, and hold for more options one year to get long-term capital gain. The description above assumes you exercised your nonqualified option by paying stock. There are two other methods of exercising options that are sometimes used. One is the so-called "cashless" exercise of an option. The other involves the use of stock you already own to pay the exercise price under the option. 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