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Re:Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev ... by digitaltrees on Monday June 09, 2025 @03:43PM (#44228584)
Those arguments fall short when considering the fact that that the construction company deducted the wages of the workers that built the house. The software development firm is the builder not the home owner.
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Re:Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev ... by jncfhnb on Monday June 09, 2025 @03:52PM (#44228684)
If you’re building software to use or sell to other people you are definitely the owner.

If you’re a body shop lending out devs to build software for other people, that would be different

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