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Flipkart ESOP ruling flags capital-gains treatment for unexercised-option buybacks
ITAT ruled that Flipkart’s repurchase of an employee’s vested but unexercised ESOPs can be taxed as long-term capital gains rather than salary, potentially lowering tax costs for structured option-cancellation liquidity programmes.
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Reported figures
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- 2,653 vested unexercised ESOPs
Other figures
- 12.5% LTCG tax
- over 30% salary slab tax
- ₹100 exercise price
- ₹500 share value
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