None of the above. Nothing is included in the W2. What they did is that on the exercise date if the exercise value is X, then they said that the tax due on this is Y based on my income tax bracket. They asked me to pay the taxes first to the company account then X-Y was deposited to my trading account in the form of shares.
This (X-Y) is not in my W2. It is only listed as an item in the payslip of the month when options were exercised. there is a comment against this entry that says 'do not increase the pay'. So the question is what do I do with X and Y when it comes to filing returns?
