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Tax professionals often encounter many of the same tax questions and issues in corporate acquisitions, but one issue generally requires me to think through the basic rules each time to reach the correct answer: In which tax period is the target entitled to deduct an amount paid to cash-out stock options? That options because the answer can vary depending stock the method of accounting used by a target e. Also, the amounts involved are usually significant enough to warrant some caution. Incentive compensation in the form of stock options has been one of the dominant forms of long-term equity-based compensation for a number of U. The hope is that the exercise price is lower than the stock price at the time of exercise where a company's stock price increases over time. Stock options usually vest over time and can thus be incentives for an employee to stay with a company for a long term. In this article, we go over the basic rules with regard to the deduction for a cash-out of stock options in an acquisition context. Typically, an employee is granted an option without a "readily ascertainable fair market value" and thus the employee is required to report the "spread" as employee compensation at the time of exercise, or disposition of the option. The "spread" is the amount of the fair market value at the time of the exercise or the disposition over the exercise price paid by the employee. An employer is generally allowed a tax deduction equal to the "spread. Employee vests in restricted shares on February 20, Employee includes the fair market value target the vested shares as taxable compensation in the employee's taxable year, the calendar year corporation December 31, An employer with a March 31 fiscal year can only deduct the compensation amount in its taxable year ending March 31, because the employee's December 31, year ends during the employer's tax year ending March 31, Under this rule, there may be a deferral of a deduction for a fiscal year taxpayer. This exception can be especially useful in relation to stock exercise or a employee of stock options upon acquisition. The exception applies corporation if employee property received by an employee is substantially vested upon transfer. This rule generally applies for options because on exercise, most employees receive fully vested shares. However, if the employee exercises target and receives unvested shares, the exception is not available. Under the exception, the deduction is allowed to the employer in accordance with its method of accounting rather than the year in which or with which the employee's taxable year including the income ends. Thus, under options exception, the employer can generally take the deduction in the employer's year in which the employee exercises an option, or in which the option is cancelled for cash so long as the cash is paid to the employee within 2. Often, a target company has outstanding stock options that are either vested or unvested. To the extent the options vest because of the transaction, such outstanding stock options are often cancelled, and instead, the employee receives cash equal to employee "spread" at the date of the transaction however, options a portion of the "spread" may be paid later under escrow or earn-out terms. The IRS addressed its positions on the deduction timing for a cash-out of stock options in and On January 1,Employee begins employment with Company M options a September 30 year-end and is granted a nonstatutory option which has no readily ascertainable fair market value upon grant and is not exercisable until January 1, to purchase a number of shares of the Company M common stock. The options are outstanding until January 15,when pursuant to the terms of an agreement, Company N cancels the options in exchange for cash. The IRS ruled that because the stock received on a cancellation of the option upon the disposition of the Company M option is fully vested cash, the exception under Treas. However, it did not address a deduction timing issue involving a consolidated return i. Inthe IRS addressed this question in GLAM by providing its view on how the "next-day rule" in the consolidated return regulations should be applied to a deduction of nonstatutory stock option expenses and certain other expenses in an acquisition context. The facts relating to a deduction of the stock option expenses in GLAM are provided as follows:. At the time of the acquisition, Target has outstanding nonqualified stock options without readily ascertainable fair market value at grant issued to certain of its employees for which Target is obligated to pay certain amounts for and in cancellation of their stock options in the event of a change in control. Under the terms of its agreements with its employees, within several days after the acquisition, Target pays its employees using its own funds or funds received from Acquiring the amounts required under the terms of the option agreements. Target becomes entitled to a deduction corporation November 30, 20XX. In the GLAM, the IRS concluded that the next-day rule is inapplicable by its terms, and it is neither proper nor reasonable to allocate deductions from the liabilities to the post-closing portion of the acquisition date. The IRS provided three main reasons for its conclusion: This conclusion has been the matter of some debate, as many practitioners do not agree with the employee provided by the IRS in the GLAM. Moreover, the GLAM ignores the fact that the next-day rule regulations specifically provide that a determination as to whether a transaction is properly allocable to the portion options the target's day after the event resulting in the target's change in status will be respected if it is reasonable and consistently applied by all affected persons. Although allocating the deduction for the stock option expense to the preacquisition tax period as advocated in corporation GLAM may be a "reasonable" approach, many tax practitioners generally view applying the next-day rule to allocate the stock option expense to the post-acquisition tax period corporation equally reasonable, and that applying the next-day rule in this instance would be sustained at the more-likely-than-not level. The following examples apply the above rules to a number of situations where a corporation acquires a domestic target corporation or its business similar to those in which a foreign corporation, such as a Japanese target, or its U. We assumed in all situations that i Target and Acquiring both use stock accrual method of accounting unless otherwise stated; ii Target uses a calendar year-end and Acquiring uses a March 31 year-end; iii Target has outstanding stock options vested or unvested for certain employees; iv Acquiring acquires the outstanding stock of Target on June 30, Closing Date ; v all unvested stock options become vested upon closing and all options are cancelled for cash upon closing under the terms of stock option agreements; vi the actual cash payment for the options is made within a few days after the closing date. However, different facts may provide different results. The stock of a U. As Target does not close its year-end at closing, Target would claim the deduction, with regard to the cash actually paid for the corporation options, for its tax year ending December 31, To avoid any conflict, we generally suggest that the parties agree on which period the deduction will be allocated for purpose of determining tax liability between the seller and the buyer. Same as Situation A except that Target is acquired by a member of a U. If we use the conclusions in GLAMa deduction would be claimed for the short tax year ending on the closing date i. On the other hand, if, contrary to GLAMwe apply the next-day rule, a deduction would be claimed for the post-closing tax year. Same as A except that the U. A deduction would be claimed for the C corporation tax year starting on the closing date as Target becomes entitled to the deduction on the closing date i. This result would likely be favorable to Acquiring, but we generally suggest that the seller and the buyer agree on the timing of the deduction prior to the closing to avoid any inconsistent treatment among the parties. This would also be the result if Target were acquired by Acquiring Group as in Situation B. Same as B except that Target uses a cash method of accounting. As Target changes its overall method of accounting from a cash method to an accrual method in its post-closing tax year, Target would be required to compute the impact from the change i. On the other hand, if Target makes the payment on the closing date, Target would likely be entitled to a deduction in the short year ending on the closing, but the rule is unclear as the next-day rule may apply to treat the payment as occurring at the beginning of the next day after the closing if it is properly allocable to the post-closing period. Same as B except that substantially all assets of a U. Thus, under this arrangement, if stock amounts are not fully paid by the date of the change in control, the buyer would likely amortize the liability as part of corporation purchase price assuming it is capitalized to an amortizable asset, such as goodwill. A section h 10 election makes a stock acquisition a deemed asset acquisition for federal income tax purposes. In a deemed asset transaction, the old target is treated as if it sold all its assets and transferred all liabilities to an unrelated party the new target as of the end of the closing date 27 and immediately liquidated. Following the Webb case, 28 the new target would likely have to options the liability for the stock options as part of the purchase price as discussed above in Situation E. As seen in the above, each of the situations above may produce a different result. Careful attention and planning will help both the acquirers and the sellers obtain supportable tax positions. 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IRS's positions on a deduction of a cash-out of stock options The IRS addressed its positions on the deduction timing for a cash-out of stock options in and Examples We assumed in all situations that i Target and Acquiring both use an accrual method of accounting unless otherwise stated; ii Target target a calendar year-end and Acquiring uses a March 31 year-end; iii Target has outstanding stock options vested or unvested for certain employees; iv Acquiring acquires the outstanding stock of Target on June 30, Closing Date ; v all unvested stock options become vested upon closing and all options are cancelled for cash upon closing under the terms of stock option agreements; vi the actual cash payment for the options is made within a few days after the closing date. Bachelder III, "What has happened to stock options? We note that although a taxpayer may not deduct certain costs it incurs to facilitate a transaction, Treas. Note, however, compensation paid for services could be categorized as a "deferred compensation" if the payment is made after 2. Thus, for example, salary under an employment contract or a bonus under a year-end bonus declaration is not considered paid under a plan, or method or arrangement, deferring the receipt of compensation to the extent that such salary or bonus is received by the employee on or before the end of the applicable employee. In general, under the "end-of-the-day rule" in Treas. Unless the "next-day rule" applies, the member allocates its items of income or loss through the end of the day on the acquisition date to the pre-closing tax year. Note that a GLAM should not be used or cited as precedent. See also Proposed Reg. A determination as to whether a transaction is properly allocable to the portion of S's day after the event resulting stock S's change in status will be respected if it is reasonable and consistently applied by all affected persons. Note that the regulations provide factors to consider in determining whether an allocation is reasonable, such as consistency with other Code or regulation provisions or facts indicating a transaction is not properly allocable to the post-acquisition period. Target position would cause a double detriment to the acquirer in that options, the deduction would corporation subject to a section limitation, and second, would increase Net Unrealized Built-in Loss or NUBIL, which would become part of the loss subject to a limitation stock decrease Net Unrealized Built-in Corporation or NUBIG, which would increase the amount of a section limitation. This view will likely change once the proposed next-day regulations become final. Note that following the acquisition, Treas. Note, however, that if Target is acquired by a member of a U. Acquiring corporation elect to file a consolidated returnProp. Under the new "previous-day rule," the deduction would be required to options allocated to the Employee corporation tax year. According to the Preamble to the proposed regulation, the proposed regulations added this "previous-day rule," which requires extraordinary items such as compensation-related deductions resulting from transactions that occur on the termination date but before or simultaneously with the event causing the target's status as an S corporation to terminate to be allocated to the target's tax return for the short period that ends on the previous day that is, the day preceding the termination date. If the net adjustment is positive unfavorablethe adjustment is recognized over four years and if the net adjustment is negative favorablethe adjustment is recognized in one year. Commissioner52 AFTR 2d See supra note READ MORE ARTICLES IN JNET - ISSUE 3, U. Connect with us Find office locations target. 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