Plan your Glow Holdings, Inc. NSO exercise
Calculator · free · no signup · pre-IPOGlow Holdings, Inc. is pre-IPO. Plan your NSO exercise tax (federal, state, FICA) at any expected valuation.
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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 Glow Holdings, Inc.
Glow Holdings, Inc. is a privately held Cloud/SaaS company. S-1 filed Oct 28, 2026.
Equity grants at Glow Holdings, Inc. typically include incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs).
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Glow Holdings, Inc. NSO exercise creates ordinary income on the bargain element (federal, state, and FICA) at the price on the day you exercise. The calculator works at any valuation, so you can model your exercise cost at the current 409A FMV, an expected IPO price, or post-IPO scenarios.
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Glow Holdings, Inc. equity questions
- How is a Glow Holdings, 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 Glow Holdings, Inc. grant and compares selling the shares now against holding past the one-year mark for long-term capital-gains treatment.
- Does Glow Holdings, Inc. grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Glow Holdings, 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.
- Are Glow Holdings, Inc. shares eligible for QSBS?
- They might be. Qualified small business stock (QSBS) under Internal Revenue Code Section 1202 can exclude federal tax on much of the gain when shares were acquired at original issuance from a C-corporation while its gross assets were under $50 million, and held at least five years. Whether your Glow Holdings, Inc. shares qualify turns on when you acquired them and the company's asset size at that time.
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