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do the tax consequences make it worth it for me to hold espp stock?
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your gain is $1408. the difference between 32% of your gain and 15% of your gain is $236.36 or $1.60 per share. if you sell now, you have $3957.44 after taxes.  forget about the espp for a moment. are you be willing to wager $4000 on the proposition that your company's stock price won't go down more than $1.60 or so over the next 18 months? i've never felt it was worth it. also, i never thought it made much sense to own any of my employer's stock. if their business does poorly, i'd prefer not to have both my job and my money at risk. if you sell now: now assuming you hold for 18 months, pay 15% capital gains tax, and the stock price drops by $1.60 to $23.40:
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