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Rahul Sharma
Rahul Sharma
Engineering Manager
Google · Hyderabad
Schedule FA
Rovia user sinceJan 2026
Lots transferred24 lots
Schedule FA time47 min
BrokerMorgan Stanley

“I spent every July rebuilding cost basis from scratch. Not anymore.”

QHave you ever sold RSUs?

Yes — a few lots over the years, mostly for big expenses. A car, a family trip, one lot to help with a property down payment. Never a large chunk at once. My general approach has been to hold as long as I can and sell only when there's a specific reason.

QHow were you managing your RSUs before using Rovia?

Morgan Stanley at Work for the actual shares, and a spreadsheet I built myself for the India side. Every July I'd manually look up the SBI TT rate for each of my 24 vest dates on the RBI website — 24 rows, 24 calculations. By year four I'd gotten it down to one Saturday. It still felt like a second job.

QWhat made you transfer your RSUs to Rovia?

My CA sent a bill with a ₹15,000 line item — "complex foreign asset reconciliation." Two of my SBI TT rates were from the wrong dates. I'd used the notification date, not the actual settlement date. That's ₹15,000 to fix my own clerical errors. That was enough.

QWhat do you want to do with your RSUs?

Hold most of it. I believe in the company, I'm still growing at Google, and the lots I have are accumulating LTCG eligibility. I'll probably sell selectively when something specific comes up — real estate eventually. I'm not in a hurry.

QWhat do you think is your risk score as an investor? Why?

Moderate, honestly. I'm comfortable being concentrated in GOOGL because I understand the business — I work there. But I know that's not a great reason to hold 100% in one stock. I've been slowly thinking about diversifying after the LTCG window opens on older lots. I just haven't gotten there yet.