VisionWave Holdings, Inc. (VWAV) AMT + ISO Calculator
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Net final value at year 3 sale — optimized plan
$242,783
After-tax dollars at end of year 3, net of all federal + state taxes through the sale.
This year: exercise 2,640 shares (of 10,000 total).
= gross gain at sale − federal + state LTCG − AMT premium above baseline regular tax (time-valued)
AMT premium for exercising: $90,254 (on top of $228,434 regular tax across the horizon)
Optimized plan keeps $57,102 more than lump-sum, $796 more than even split.
Federal AMT crossover this year: 1,271 shares ($57,238 bargain element). Above that, each additional share this year adds federal AMT.
Estimates only. Not financial advice.
Net final value by year
Running tally: NTV from shares exercised through year y, minus AMT premium paid through year y. The last year matches the plan's headline NTV. Hover a year for plan totals.
Optimized exercise schedule
You pay the higher of Regular tax and Tentative AMT per jurisdiction, then subtract Credit recovered. The result is Net tax. Hover any number for the bracket-by-bracket breakdown.
| 1 | 2,640 | |||
| 2 | 2,567 | |||
| 3 | 4,793 |
Federal AMT credit
Earned
$80,681
Recovered
$0
Remaining
$80,681
The AMT credit only recovers in years where regular tax exceeds AMT — typically a year with no ISO exercise. Every year in this schedule has bargain element, so AMT exceeds regular tax in every year and the credit carries forward untouched. Try a longer horizon or fewer total shares to introduce a recovery year.
Plan comparison
Net value at the end of your hold horizon.
Lump-sum
All in Year 1
$185,681
−$57,102
Even split
Equal shares each year
$241,987
−$796
Optimized
Tax-aware schedule
$242,783
Highest
Estimates only. Excludes disqualifying dispositions, NSOs, multi-state moves, and AMT preferences other than ISO bargain elements. Long-term capital gains tax assumes a qualifying disposition (ISO held ≥1 yr from exercise and ≥2 yr from grant); state LTCG follows ordinary brackets except where the state grants preferential treatment (HI, ND, SC, WI, AR, NM) or has a dedicated LTCG-only tax (WA). Assumes you are within the $100K ISO limit (any portion of an annual ISO grant whose FMV at grant exceeds $100K is treated as NSO from the start, §422(d)). State AMT figures are 2025 (next-year values published in late 2026). Not financial advice.
QSBS note. If your shares qualify (typically pre-IPO C-corp grants held 5+ years), a federal rule lets you exclude up to $10M of gain on a future sale from federal tax. That single rule shifts exercise-timing math more than AMT does. (This is §1202 “qualified small-business stock”.) Modeled in beta, not here.
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About VisionWave Holdings, Inc.
VisionWave Holdings, Inc. (VWAV) is a public Cloud/SaaS company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in West Hollywood, CA. IPO'd Jul 15, 2025.
Equity grants at VisionWave Holdings, Inc. typically include incentive stock options (ISOs), non-qualified stock options (NSOs), and restricted stock units (RSUs).
VisionWave Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: VWAV) builds AI-driven radar, RF sensing, and autonomous systems for defense and homeland security applications from its base in West Hollywood, California, with operations in the US, Israel, and the UAE. The company went public on July 15, 2025, via a SPAC merger with Bannix Acquisition Corp., beginning Nasdaq trading at an enterprise value of approximately $174 million. Its multi-patented Vision-RF platform converts radio-frequency signals into real-time video for aerial threat detection, underground imaging, and force protection across air, land, and maritime domains.
Sources: sec.gov
Equity comp at VisionWave Holdings, Inc.
- VisionWave's 2024 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan departs from standard time-only vesting in two respects. First, executive RSU terms vary by individual: the CEO's grant vests over 36 months, shorter than the four-year standard used by most public companies. Second, at least one executive (VP of M&A) received a split award where 150,000 shares vested immediately on the grant date and the remaining 350,000 vest upon achieving specific consolidated revenue milestones ($5M, $10M, $15M, and $17.5M). Performance-conditioned vesting tied to revenue thresholds is uncommon for public company RSU grants. The plan grants the committee broad single-trigger discretion upon a change of control to accelerate any award, cash it out, or require substitution by the acquirer, with no termination event required.
- RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.
- Vesting schedule: CEO RSUs vest over 36 months with no cliff disclosed; certain executive grants include immediate vesting on the grant date plus milestone-based tranches tied to consolidated revenue thresholds of $5M, $10M, $15M, and $17.5M.
Sources: contracts.justia.com · sec.gov
Researched 2026-07-11.
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Use this calculator to plan a VisionWave Holdings, Inc. (VWAV) ISO exercise around the AMT bargain element from the current trading price. The math accounts for federal AMT, state AMT (CA, CO, CT, MN where applicable), AMT crossover, and year-over-year credit recovery. Inputs are yours: strike price, share count, FMV at exercise, and your filing-status income.
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VisionWave Holdings, Inc. equity questions
- How much alternative minimum tax (AMT) will I owe exercising VisionWave Holdings, Inc. ISOs?
- Exercising incentive stock options (ISOs) does not create regular income tax, but the bargain element (the fair market value at exercise minus your strike price) counts toward the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The amount depends on the bargain element, your other income, your filing status, and your state. The calculator above models federal and state AMT, the AMT crossover point, and how the credit recovers in later years for your exact VisionWave Holdings, Inc. figures.
- Does VisionWave Holdings, Inc. grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at VisionWave Holdings, Inc. typically takes the form of incentive stock options (ISOs), non-qualified stock options (NSOs), and restricted stock units (RSUs). Incentive stock options can trigger the alternative minimum tax (AMT) when you exercise. Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
- When did the VisionWave Holdings, Inc. IPO lockup expire?
- VisionWave Holdings, Inc. (VWAV) went public on July 15, 2025. The standard post-IPO lockup runs 180 days, so employee and insider shares generally became sellable around January 11, 2026. Confirm against your own grant paperwork, since some lockups release early or in stages.
- Do VisionWave Holdings, Inc. RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
- No. VisionWave Holdings, Inc. restricted stock units (RSUs) use single-trigger vesting: each tranche becomes yours as it vests on schedule, taxed as ordinary income at that point, with no liquidity event required.
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