Exactly! I had left options on the table at several companies because I knew about the tax implications. In one case, I would have made money had I accepted the options.<p>During the 1999 crash, they actually bailed out some dot-come speculators who &quot;didn&#x27;t know&quot; about AMT. This outraged me. I purposely didn&#x27;t speculate, and yet I was forced to subsidize those who did. America is disgustingly unfair.<p>(Most of the people posting here do not understand taxes and the AMT.)