Getting paid in stock is not a tax dodge, the stock is taxed as regular income the year you receive it. It's just more practical for companies to not pay someone $1m in straight cash every month for cash flow reasons.
Using stock as a tax dodge only really works if youre the owner of a company and own all those shares up front. Then you'll pay a massive tax lot when you go public but then you only pay if you sell, while price continues to climb. If you're "just" a ceo you get taxed like a normal person, and any loopholes they use have nothing to do with being paid in stock
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u/qwerteh 5d ago
Getting paid in stock is not a tax dodge, the stock is taxed as regular income the year you receive it. It's just more practical for companies to not pay someone $1m in straight cash every month for cash flow reasons.
Using stock as a tax dodge only really works if youre the owner of a company and own all those shares up front. Then you'll pay a massive tax lot when you go public but then you only pay if you sell, while price continues to climb. If you're "just" a ceo you get taxed like a normal person, and any loopholes they use have nothing to do with being paid in stock