November 14, 2017
The Honorable Orrin Hatch Chairman Senate Finance Committee 104 Hart Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Dear Chairman Hatch:
We are a group of startups, investors, and innovators deeply concerned about the proposed changes to the taxation of non-qualified deferred compensation plans in Section III(H)(1) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This shift would have profound negative consequences for technology start-ups by, among other things, undermining their ability to compete with large incumbents for employees.
Section III(H)(1) would require both tax assessment and payment on stock options and other stock-based incentive compensation upon vesting instead of exercise, distribution, or any other liquidity event. The current law, embodied in Section 409A of the Tax Code, enshrines the common-sense notion that employees should pay taxes on income that they actually receive. By making the mere vesting of a stock option a taxable event, an employee would have to pay a tax based upon a hypothetical gain that could take years to become liquid and may never materialize into cash. This would transform stock-based incentive programs from benefits to liabilities overnight and would effectively bar startups from offering this form of compensation.
We cannot overemphasize how essential stock-based compensation is to a startup’s ability to recruit and retain talent. Startups do not have the ability to compete with larger firms based upon cash compensation. A startup’s ability to issue stock options levels the playing field by giving potential employees something unique: the ability to share in the company’s rewards as well as its risks and participate in the upside of a new and exciting venture. This is not just limited to the startup’s top managers: according to one study, nearly 75 percent of venture-backed startups provide options to all employees. In addition, startups are themselves commonly founded by people using the proceeds of stock options that they received at previous startups. Stock-based compensation fuels the growth of existing startups and spurs the creation of new companies.
The changes proposed by Section III(H)(1) would take stock options off the table for startups, which lack the resources to establish and maintain qualified plans or provide employees with increased cash compensation. This will put startups—which are responsible for all net new job growth— at an insurmountable disadvantage. This will reduce competition, innovation, and job opportunities. Section III(H)(1) therefore undermines the stated purpose of tax reform by reducing job creation.
The House of Representatives wisely chose to eliminate this proposal from the House bill. We respectfully request that you remove from Section III(H)(1) from the Senate bill and otherwise decline to change the rules concerning the taxability of non-qualified deferred compensation plans. As written, Section III(H)(1) would cripple startups’ ability to recruit the talent needed to innovate.
Sincerely,
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Tule Technologies Redpoint Ventures Gusto Oakland, CA Menlo Park, CA San Francisco, CA
Tony Stubblebine Tony Vartanian Tony Xu CEO Co-Founder Co-Founder and CEO
Coach.me Jump Ramp Doordash Brooklyn, NY New York, NY San Francisco, CA
Trevor O'Brien Tuval Ben Yehezkel Tyler Bosmeny CEO CEO CEO
Propeller Factory, Inc. Loop Genomics Clever San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA San Francisco, CA
Umur Cubukcu Villi Iltchev Viral Bajaria CEO & Co-Founder Partner Co-Founder and CTO
Citus Data August Capital 6sense San Francisco, CA Menlo Park, CA San Francisco, CA
Vitor Lourenco Vlad Magdalin Vladislav Voroninski Partner Co-Founder CEO
Expa Webflow Helm.ai New York, NY San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA
Walker McHugh Walker Williams Warren Shaeffer Co-Founder and CEO Co-Founder & CEO Founder & CEO
PreDxion Bio, Inc. Teespring Vidme Ann Arbor, MI San Francsico, CA Los Angeles, CA
Wen-Wen Lam Whitney Gaynor Will Porteous Founder CEO General Partner
NexTravel Sinovia Technologies RRE Ventures San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA New York, NY
William Morgan Zach Kanter Zach Sims CEO Founder & CEO Co-Founder & CEO
Buoyant Stedi Codecademy San Francisco, CA Boulder, CO New York, NY
Zachary Townsend Zack Abbott Zack Bogue Co-Founder and General Partner CEO Co-Managing Partner
Deciens Capital ZBiotics Company DCVC San Francisco, CA Berkeley, CA San Francsico, CA
Zack Liscio Zack Rosen Zafer Ahmed Founder and CEO CEO and Founder CEO
Naytev Pantheon Tilk/Talkray San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Sunnyvale, CA Zubin Bhettay Co-Founder and CEO
Fuzzy San Francisco, CA