Can someone explain esop selling during/after ipo
Say you have ESOPs in a company. Once the company goes public, is there a holding period applicable for the esop before which it can not be sold? Like 1 month/3 months/6 months holding periods?
Can someone also explain how the conversion of ESOPs to RSUs happens after IPO?
And mainly, tax implications and how to save tax?
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6-12 months lock-in on employee stocks post ipo
31% tax deduction while being transferred to your dmat account — this will be treated as other income and will be taxed at your overall tax bracket so you can get refund if you don’t fall under 30% bracket
LTCG/STCG depending on when you sell the stocks in open market
There are ways to save capital gains tax but nothing special to save the flat 31% tax deduction on other income.
Refer a CA for these questions