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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by jjallen on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @11:58AM (#19096917)
Answers from the 10-K:

#1: "Excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation": (191,323) #2: "Federal and California R&D tax credits": (140,749)

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065280/000106528019...

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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by businesslucas on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @12:25PM (#19097294)
Do we have any idea what Netflix activity qualifies for the Federal or California R&D tax credits?

Would Netflix OSS meet the Seven Tests for Internal Use Software [1] to qualify for the R&D Credit? Or is it likely to be something else? Is this information public?

[1] https://www.ftb.ca.gov/businesses/credits/rd/seventests.shtm...

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