As Axios reported: Sen. Orrin Hatch, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, released markups to the Senate tax plan, and gone was the bit about taxing stock options and restricted stock units at the time of vesting. Thank you for getting involved. Thanks also to Dan Primack of Axios for first writing about the issue, MJ Coren (QZ) and Dana Severson (Inc Mag) and Josh Constine (Techcrunch) who reported on this matter and linked to this petition: https://qz.com/1128625/senates-gop-tax-reform-accused-of-destroying-the-incentive-to-work-for-startups/ https://www.inc.com/dana-severson/this-1-single-tax-change-could-destroy-startup-ecosystem-as-we-know-it-and-it-could-happen-today.html https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/13/tax-on-vesting/ https://www.axios.com/pro-rata-2509534744.html Re-Tweet to thank them here: https://twitter.com/thomask/status/931200388321202181