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Rajat
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RSUS tax in the US

I have RSUS issued by a European Company in 2020 back in India. I relocated to US in Sept 2022. How will these be taxed when they vest in Jan 2024 in the US?

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RSUS tax in the US

@pk

pk
Level 15
Level 15

RSUS tax in the US

@Rajat , can you give me a little more  detail ---  (a) RSU from a  subsidiary of a Euro( country ? )  entity  or directly  by a Euro entity  I.e.  the RSUs are share of  the  Indian registered  entity or  what ?; (b)  the shares  are publicly listed in which exchange   ( Euro, India, USA  etc. ); (c) you entered USA in Sept 2022  for the first time  ( or returning  )   and with which visa  ( or are you resident ) ?

 

Once I hear from you I have circle back

 

Namaste

 

pk

Rajat
New Member

RSUS tax in the US

RSU is from European parent company. It's a private company. It's First time in USA in Sept 2022 on L1 visa.

pk
Level 15
Level 15

RSUS tax in the US

@Rajat , first an apology for delay in my response -- please forgive.

second -- Namashkar

third --- only reference to RSU in Europe I could find was from France  and it appears to be  similar in nature to the US version and since the granting was  prior to your entry to the USA ( I am assuming three/ five year vesting ), my suggestions are as follows :

1. If you are absolutely sure that you are going to be present in USA till after the vesting ( 2024 ),  you could recognize the  2023  gain ( or allocated gain depending on the financial year of the granting entity )  i.e. current transfer/ market value  LESS market value  when you were granted the shares -- this would have been reported as  "payment in shares on your pay stub and probably got taxed by India .  Then you do the same for 2024.  And then do the same for 2024 except  the basis is now that of start of 2024 because you had already accounted for 2023.

2. You can also ignore the whole thing for the time being 2024 when the  units are vested and use the then market value less  grant value ( already taxed by India ) as your gain and pay taxes on that.  This is also the path if there is a good chance that you would not be in USA at vesting time.

If you need more detailed discussion then I would need to know  (a) did  India tax the  original grant value; (b) when were these granted; (c) are these shares  transferable in OTC ( or similar ) or you have to sell them back to the granting entity ; etc. etc.

Does this make sense ?  Is there more I can do for you ?

 

pk

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