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Description:
The calculation of Self-employment Tax was overstated by the
amount of the tax on the dividend income from ISOs for an
extremely limited set of cases. This error propagated through
the subsequent tax calculations.
Affected
scenarios: The only cases affected are those in which
EACH of these conditions are met:
- The option holder is an employee
- The underlying stock paid dividends
- Option holders have ISO grants with exercised and unsold
shares
- Option holder has self-employment income from outside sources
recorded on the Assumptions sheet.
Impact:
Minimal impact is expected. We estimate extremely few, if
any, client cases will meet all of the above criteria. Within
those, the calculation error overstated the self-employment
tax by treating as self-employment income rather than wage
income an amount representing dividends paid on exercised
and unsold ISO shares. If wage income was above $84,900, the
total error in this tax calculation would be 1.45% of the
dividend income from ISOs. While this error is passed through
the rest of the tax calculations, the effect of this error
on any strategic decision is expected to be negligible.
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