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Prepare Form 3921 supporting data

Review recorded ISO exercise certificates, identify missing fair market values, and export supporting Form 3921 data from Cap Table.

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Start with the US reporting requirement

Select Reports, then Form 3921. The report organizes recorded ISO exercises for a selected calendar year. Form 3921 concerns stock transferred on exercise of qualifying incentive stock options, subject to the IRS instructions and exceptions. It is separate from Form 3922 for certain employee stock purchase plan transfers.

Use the current IRS instructions for Forms 3921 and 3922 to determine filing and recipient-statement obligations. The app produces supporting data, not an electronically submitted return.

Check the grant and certificate

Confirm that each applicable grant is recorded as an ISO and that each exercise has a linked certificate with its actual exercise date. The certificate provides the dated event and exercise price. The report uses the recorded valuation covering that exercise date for FMV.

The Exercises with no certificate section identifies exercised quantities that cannot yet be assigned to a dated certificate. Use Issue certificate after checking the original exercise records. Do not record the same exercise again to make it appear in the report.

Review the mapped values

Form 3921 data in the app
FieldRecord to check
Grant dateOriginal option grant date
Exercise dateLinked exercise certificate date
Exercise pricePrice paid per share on the certificate
FMV at exerciseValuation covering the exercise date
Shares transferredQuantity on the exercise certificate

Resolve missing FMV warnings before completing the filing data. Names, taxpayer identification numbers, addresses, and any additional corporation details must be reconciled with the filer’s records. The cap table is not a complete taxpayer-information system.

Export and complete the filing separately

Choose the year and select Export CSV. The report displays calendar reminders, but verify the applicable year’s furnishing and filing dates, electronic-filing requirements, exceptions, and any relief through the IRS. A CSV download does not furnish a recipient statement or file a return.

Retain the final filed version and delivery evidence separately from the working cap table. If exercise records change, determine whether the filing needs a correction.