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Incentive stock options ISOs , are a type of employee stock option that can be granted only to employees and confer a U. ISOs are also sometimes referred to as incentive share options or Qualified Stock Options by IRS [1].

The tax benefit is that on exercise the individual does not have to pay ordinary income tax nor employment taxes on the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the shares issued however, the holder may have to pay U. Instead, if the shares are held for 1 year from the date of exercise and 2 years from the date of grant, then the profit if any made on sale of the shares is taxed as long-term capital gain.

Long-term capital gain is taxed in the U. Although ISOs have more favorable tax treatment than non-ISOs a. However, even if the holder disposes of the stock within a year, it is possible that there will still be marginal tax deferral value as compared to NQOs if the holding period, though less than a year, straddles the ending of the taxpayer's taxable reporting period. Note further that an employer generally does not claim a corporate income tax deduction which would be in an amount equal to the amount of income recognized by the employee upon the exercise of its employee's ISO, unless the employee does not meet the holding-period requirements.

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With NQSOs, on the other hand, the employer is always eligible to claim a deduction upon its employee's exercise of the NQSO. Additionally, there are several other restrictions which have to be met by the employer or employee in order to qualify the compensatory stock option as an ISO. For a stock option to qualify as ISO and thus receive special tax treatment under Section a of the Internal Revenue Code the "Code" , it must meet the requirements of Section of the Code when granted and at all times beginning from the grant until its exercise.

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