"The employer grants RSUs at price XXX. which goes onto the w-2 as income the year they issued (not vested)."
Your employer is doing this incorrectly. With RSU's, no actual stock is issued at the grant date, so there is no taxable compensation to report. The value of the stock is reported as ordinary income only at vesting date.
**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.
