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Laid Off ISO vs. NSO Options

by takklz on 4/10/20, 12:11 AM with 3 comments

Hey all,

I was recently laid off from DataRobot. Womp womp.

Anyways, they gave me the option to extend all my ISOs excercise date for a year, but to do so they will be converted into NSOs.

Is the tax benefit really worth that much more that I should exercise them now? Could I potentially be missing something else?

  • by seattle_spring on 4/10/20, 3:54 PM

    It depends on the spread between your exercise price and the fair market value, and if you own enough to trigger AMT.