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Re:Study: RTO mandates are making it harder for companies to... by victop on Friday December 06, 2024 @06:38PM (#42345803)
Offshore labor is already penalized: For tax purposes under Section 174, costs for US devs must be amortized over 5 years, while costs for offshore devs are amortized over 15 years.
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Re:Study: RTO mandates are making it harder for companies to... by bdangubic on Friday December 06, 2024 @06:46PM (#42345856)
This assumes that your off-shore is doing CAPEX work...
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Re:Study: RTO mandates are making it harder for companies to... by toomuchtodo on Friday December 06, 2024 @06:42PM (#42345826)
And yet, many firms continue to offshore to Central America, South America, Eastern Europe, and India for technology labor (Africa as well for ML/AI data labeling). Lots of room for policy to run here.
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