The pay package is mostly stock. No wonder there is so much opposition to raising the capital gains tax.
How it’s related? It will be taxed as income. No? He could get cash instead and proceed to buy stock with it and later capital gains are the same.
No. Stock is taxed when it is sold. Not when he receives it from Google.
https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc427
Statutory stock options If your employer grants you a statutory stock option, you generally don't include any amount in your gross income when you receive or exercise the option