myStockOptions.com Expands Coverage Of Year-End Planning
To Include Factors From The Economic Downturn, Market Volatility, And
Likely Tax Hikes

The
market downturn and volatility of 2008 leave no room for error with
stock options, restricted stock, and other types of stock compensation.
Fully updated for the current financial climate, myStockOptions.com's
articles and FAQs on year-end planning help employees make smart
decisions with stock grants to avoid costly mistakes they cannot
afford. A compelling new article on down-market planning presents
fascinating insight from top financial advisors, in their own words.

Brookline, MA (PRWEB)
December 15, 2008 -- The economic downturn and market volatility of
2008 have left no room for error in the financial planning for stock
options, restricted stock, and other forms of equity compensation. The
end of the year is always a key time for financial and tax decisions,
and the pressures of 2008 make year-end planning especially important
now. Collapsed stock prices and the likelihood of tax-rate increases
under President Barack Obama give employees and their advisors many new
planning factors to consider.

myStockOptions.com (http://www.mystockoptions.com)
has expanded its section Financial Planning: Year-End to provide a
wealth of up-to-the-minute educational content on issues, choices, and
innovative strategies at year-end 2008. Articles by experts include:

• Stockbrokers' Secrets (Part 3): What I Tell My Best Clients About Year-End Planning by W.E.B. Bantling


• Ten Ideas For Year-End Tax Planning With Stock Options And Company Stock


• How Tax Rate Changes Impact Strategies For Stock Options & Restricted Stock (Part 1)


• In Their Own Words: Financial Advisors On Company Stock Strategy For Year-End 2008 And The Market Downturn

Available
free to all registered users, the new article In Their Own Words:
Financial Advisors On Company Stock Strategy For Year-End 2008 And The
Market Downturn presents compelling firsthand insight and expertise
from financial advisors working in the field right now at firms across
the United States. The advisors present planning ideas for year-end
2008 and beyond that they are deploying now to save taxes for clients
and better position them for the market recovery.

Questions answered in the year-end content section include:

• What are year-end strategies for stock options, stock appreciation rights, and restricted stock?


• Should the likelihood of tax-rate increases affect year-end strategies?


• How do employees harvest capital losses against capital gains from company stock holdings?


• Are there strategies for using capital-loss carry-forwards from prior years?


• What risks are posed by the wash sale rule?


• What year-end strategies can help to minimize alternative minimum tax with incentive stock options?


• How do tax-law changes in 2008, including refundable AMT credits and stimulus rebates, affect year-end planning?


• How
  can employees save taxes on company stock by making gifts and
  donations, including those to private foundations or grantor-retained
  annuity trusts?


• All of these questions and many more are answered in the section Financial Planning: Year-End Planning.

Companies Can License And Distribute Selected Content

Through the end of 2008, myStockOptions.com is making a special offer
to Premium Members who work in corporate stock plan administration, HR,
compensation, finance, and legal departments. During this limited time,
they may distribute to employees selected articles and FAQs about
planning for year-end, down markets, and underwater stock options. This
content will help employees understand the continued value of their
stock grants, including restricted stock and employee stock purchase
plans, even amid current market turbulence. This content is normally
available for distribution only by companies and stock plan providers
that license the myStockOptions.com Knowledge Center of educational
content and/or tools.

Corporate Licensing Available

All the content on myStockOptions.com is ideally suited for licensing
by companies and stock plan providers for their stock plan
participants. A customized version of the website's award-winning
content can be seamlessly woven into companies' HR, benefits, and/or
compensation portals. Accessible through any internet browser, 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week, licensed content from myStockOptions.com lets
stock plan participants answer their own questions about their stock
grants whenever they need to learn more--saving time for the stock plan
staff and costs for the company. For more information, visit http://mystockoptions.com, email sales at mystockoptions dot com, or call 617-734-1979.

About myStockOptions.com

With exclusive articles, 700+ FAQs, the Tax Center, Global Tax Guide,
an extensive glossary, and interactive tools, myStockOptions.com is the
premier online resource of educational content and tools on stock
options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares,
stock appreciation rights, and employee stock purchase plans.
myStockOptions.com is written and managed by leading experts in equity
compensation, and is produced by a company with a long history of
successful publications explaining complex legal and financial subjects
in plain English.

The influential consumer magazine PC World ranks myStockOptions.com
among "the most useful sites ever" that "deliver top-notch information,
support, and services." The accounting journal CPA Wealth Provider
selected myStockOptions.com among companies "that have taken the lead
through innovation, efficiency, initiative, or growth in the
financial-planning area." The Specialized Information Publishers'
Foundation honored MSO Pro with one of its Editorial Excellence Awards
in the category of Best Interactive Content among niche publishers.

myStockOptions.com has also received extensive favorable coverage in
major publications, including BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal,
The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe,
and on CNN/fn, National Public Radio, PBS, Money.com, and
CBSMarketWatch.com.

For more information, please contact Bruce Brumberg and Matt Simon at editors at mystockoptions dot com or 617-734-1979.