JohnB5677
Employee Tax Expert

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I agree,  you will have to pay this initial tax no matter what! 

If not in 2021, you will probably have to pay it in 2022. 

You may have to calculate a higher value if you wait until 2022.

By claiming it in 2021 it will establish a cost basis for you if you decide to sell some of it.

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