Banzai International, Inc. (PARA) NSO Exercise Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · PARAPlan your Banzai International, Inc. NSO exercise (federal, state, FICA) and compare sell-vs-hold for long-term capital gains.
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Tax inputs
Hold strategy
Best after-tax payout — at year 1
$198,990
Sell + invest wins by $20,773 over Hold 1 yr.
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Sell + invest
Best payout| Bargain element (sale − strike) | $350,000 |
| Federal | |
| State | |
| Medicare | −$5,075 |
| Additional Medicare | −$3,150 |
| Market gain over 1 yr at 10.0% | $18,564 |
| LTCG on diversified gain (fed + state + NIIT) | −$5,217 |
| Net at year 1 | $198,990 |
Sell every share immediately; invest the after-tax cash at the market return for 1 yr, then liquidate. Diversified — no single-stock concentration risk.
Exercise + hold 1 yr
| Sale proceeds (year 1) | |
| LTCG tax (federal + state + NIIT) | $0 |
| Net at year 1 | $178,216 |
Sold 2,679 shares at exercise to cover strike + tax; 2,321 shares held 1 yr for LTCG.
Social Security + Medicare are payroll taxes (collectively called FICA) — they apply because you're exercising as a current employee.
Both columns are stated in year-1 dollars: sell-now proceeds compound at the market return and pay LTCG on the gain at year 1; any cash paid out of pocket on the hold side carries the same opportunity cost.
Net at year N — by hold period
Estimates only. Excludes AMT (NSOs do not trigger AMT), state-AMT, multi-state moves, and disqualifying-disposition edge cases. Not financial advice.
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About Banzai International, Inc.
Banzai International, Inc. (PARA) is a public Marketing company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Bainbridge Island, WA. IPO'd Dec 15, 2023.
Last close: $0.54 per share (as of 2026-10-16).
Nasdaq; AI-enabled marketing/event software (Demio); renaming to Parabolic Technologies, ticker changed BNZI→PARA Aug 2026.
Equity grants at Banzai International, Inc. typically include incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs).
Banzai International's Nasdaq listing dates to December 15, 2023, not February 2021: that earlier date marks when its acquirer, blank-check company 7GC & Co. Holdings, first began trading before the two merged. Founded in 2015 by Joe Davy, Andy Linteau, and Alexey Melnichenko, Banzai built Demio, a browser-based webinar and event platform for marketing teams, and later added CreateStudio, a video-creation tool. In August 2026 the company renamed itself Parabolic Technologies and moved its ticker from BNZI to PARA, framing the shift around agentic software. It remains headquartered in Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Sources: globenewswire.com · sec.gov · globenewswire.com
Equity comp at Banzai International, Inc.
- Banzai International went public via a SPAC (a shell company that merges with a private business to take it public without a traditional IPO) merger with 7GC & Co. Holdings in December 2023 and trades on Nasdaq as BNZI. As a small, distressed public company, it has executed two reverse stock splits to stay above Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement (1-for-10 in July 2025, then 1-for-20 effective May 2026) and has repeatedly registered resale and shelf share offerings that dilute existing holders. Equity holders with legacy options or RSUs should account for this history of reverse splits and dilution when valuing their position.
Sources: sec.gov · stocktitan.net · stocktitan.net
Researched 2026-07-18.
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Use this calculator to estimate your Banzai International, Inc. (PARA) NSO exercise tax (federal, state, FICA), then compare selling now versus holding through the long-term capital gains threshold. Inputs are yours: grant terms, current price, your income, your state.
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Banzai International, Inc. equity questions
- How is a Banzai International, Inc. NSO exercise taxed?
- Exercising a non-qualified stock option (NSO) creates ordinary income on the bargain element (the price on the day you exercise minus your strike), subject to federal income tax, state income tax, and FICA. The calculator above computes that tax for your Banzai International, Inc. grant and compares selling the shares now against holding past the one-year mark for long-term capital-gains treatment.
- Does Banzai International, Inc. grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Banzai International, Inc. typically takes the form of incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs). Incentive stock options can trigger the alternative minimum tax (AMT) when you exercise.
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