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Re:Stock buybacks are dangerous for the economy by thereisnospork on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:39PM (#22607643)
I thought there were some reasonably strong tax incentives for capitalizing R+D - which would presumably lead to a high disclosure rate?
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Re:Stock buybacks are dangerous for the economy by airstrike on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:57PM (#22607913)
Under U.S. GAAP most R&D has to be expensed, not capitalized

IFRS is a different beast but even then not every R&D can be capitalized

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