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Equity Scenario Planner

Translate RSU or option terms into vesting, exercise cost, and explicit downside, base, and upside outcomes without treating estimated value as guaranteed cash.

Pre-tax planning only. Actual value, liquidity, and tax treatment depend on your grant, company, and jurisdiction.

Instrument

RSUs

Private company

Review horizon

2 years

50.0% estimated vested

Base gross value

$50K

Pre-tax, before fees

Liquidity

Not assumed

Private shares may be restricted

01 / Terms

Grant assumptions

Model the written offer, then replace every estimate with confirmed grant terms when available.

Equity instrument

Company stage

Currency

Total units or shares

Vesting term

months

Cliff

months

Cadence after cliff

Outcome price per share

Enter explicit outcomes at the review horizon. For private companies, prefer common-share economics over a preferred round headline.

Downside

Base

Upside

Review horizonMonth 24

Month 1Month 48

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02 / Outcomes

Pre-tax scenario model

Local calculation

Month 24: 5,000 vested, 5,000 unvested.

Vested

50.0%

Base outcome at 2 years

$50,000

Gross value of estimated vested units at $10.00 per share.

Vested units

5,000

Share value

$50K

Downside$2.00

$10K

Lower outcome you want to remain prepared for

Base$10.00

$50K

Working assumption, not a forecast

Upside$25.00

$125K

Higher outcome without guaranteed probability

Vesting x outcome

Pre-tax value across the schedule

DownsideBaseUpside

Each line applies one fixed per-share outcome to the units estimated to be vested at that month. It does not predict a price path.