Some questions regarding ESOP not listed in India.
1. Allotment date - Some say that this is the day when the Company/Board decided to give you shares and some say this is the date when you are added as shareholder of that share in company books i.e. the date you get the stock in the DMAT.
2. Stocks vested/alloted before april 1 2009 but exercised after april 1 2009. The stocks vested before 2009 were subject to FBT and stocks exercised after april 1 2009 are subject taxed as perquisite in hands of employee.
3. What are the implications of currency conversion losses/gains? i.e the day I exercise, i get say 2000$, and the company is TDSing with some exchange rate say 50 INR=1$ and charge me 30000+cess. But by the time i transfer the conversion charge goes down to 49? goes up to 51?
1.) Allotment date - means the date on which the board of directors pass the necessary resolution for making the allotment
2.) This new law shall apply only in cases where the allotment or transfer of shares is made on or after April 1, 2009. In other words, if allotment is made prior to that date, the same continues to attract FBT. So, what is important is not the date of announcement or date of grant or date of vesting or date of exercising the option but the date of allotment or transfer of shares/securities to employees. If shares are allotted or transferred on or after April 1, 2009, the same will be taxed as perquisite in employees hands. This is even applicable if the option is vested with the employee or the option is granted or exercised before April 1, 2009.
3.) If i understand your question correctly then your purchase price gets frozen upon conversion...so how would currency fluctuations matter ?