Silicon Slopes Equity Planning for Salt Lake City LGBTQ+ households
Adobe, Qualtrics, Recursion, Domo, and the growing SLC startup bench pay meaningful RSU and ISO comp — and Utah's flat 4.65% state income tax means the federal decisions dominate the planning. For LGBTQ+ Silicon Slopes households, RSU sequencing and ISO/AMT modeling look a lot like the Bay Area, without the state-tax overlay.
Schedule a free intro callWhy Salt Lake City LGBTQ+ households approach silicon slopes equity planning differently
Silicon Slopes comp packages have caught up meaningfully with coastal tech markets over the past decade, and the equity-comp planning surface reflects it. Utah's flat 4.65% state income tax is much lower than California's 13.3%, which simplifies the sequencing meaningfully — the federal decisions (bracket management, AMT, NIIT, and marriage-penalty math) do most of the work.
For LGBTQ+ SLC households, the plan should capture the tax advantages while proactively managing Utah's more mixed legal landscape for same-sex couples and families. Estate documents, second-parent adoption, and beneficiary designations matter more here than in California or New York — and the equity-comp windfall makes funding those protections easier to prioritize.
Aequitas coordinates RSU sequencing, ISO/AMT planning, mega-backdoor Roth capacity, and DAF timing — with the specific LGBTQ+ legal-protection overlay Utah requires.
Silicon Slopes equity planning rolls up into the broader Salt Lake City city plan, which covers city, state, and federal tax and legal context in more depth.
What we plan for Salt Lake City silicon slopes equity planning
RSU sequencing at Adobe, Qualtrics, and peers
Vesting calendars, sell-to-cover tuning, and diversification pacing coordinated across a same-sex household.
ISO/AMT modeling at flat state tax
Simpler than CA — but federal AMT and NIIT still drive the multi-year exercise decisions.
Mega-backdoor Roth where the plan supports it
Full DC-limit contributions plus in-plan Roth conversions — meaningfully more advantaged in Utah than in high-state-tax markets.
Equity + LGBTQ+ legal-protection overlay
Windfalls funded into second-parent adoption, trust structures, and beneficiary audits that hold up regardless of Utah's political shifts.
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About the advisor
Aequitas Financial was founded by Taylor Bell, a fee-only fiduciary planner. LGBTQ+ planning isn't a side specialty here — it's the practice.
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