Kernrechtsfrage
When are blocked employee stock options taxable for source tax purposes: at grant or upon irrevocable vesting/exercise?
Extrahierter Entscheid
The options were taxable only when the suspensive conditions were fulfilled and the employee acquired the options irrevocably; mere grant was not enough.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under the general rules on income realization, an employment-related option becomes taxable only when the right is acquired irrevocably. Here the contract made the options conditional: loss on certain terminations during the blocking period showed suspensive conditions. The decisive factor is the concrete contractual setup, not the label 'vesting' or the mere low likelihood of forfeiture.