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One alternative if it must be treated as a capital asset is to allow accelerated/immediate depreciation for small firms and individuals.
I can see the point that for large firms like with diversified R&D portfolios, development, on average, results in creation of capital assets.
For small firms, it is absolutely unclear that the product has any durable value at all.
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One alternative if it must be treated as a capital asset is to allow accelerated/immediate depreciation for small firms and individuals.
I can see the point that for large firms like with diversified R&D portfolios, development, on average, results in creation of capital assets.
For small firms, it is absolutely unclear that the product has any durable value at all.