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Re:Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev ... by bradleyishungry on Monday June 09, 2025 @05:02PM (#44229432)
this is not entirely true and i’ve seen the exact same comment regurgitated with the same exact numbers for the past two years. I am not in really in favor of section 174 but i’m tired of seeing misinfo. I have discussed this with a CPA multiple times and its simplified and blown out of proportion in a way that you can’t actually have a conversation about it
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Re:Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev ... by bmurphy1976 on Monday June 09, 2025 @05:09PM (#44229500)
Your comment would be much more helpful if you explained how op is wrong or linked to another resource or prior comment that did so.
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Re:Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev ... by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 09, 2025 @05:04PM (#44229451)
…could you expand on what part is inaccurate?
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Re:Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev ... by bobmcnamara on Monday June 09, 2025 @05:13PM (#44229559)
One example:

"What they've actually done, congress said, is bought a capital good, like a machine."

Replace "like a machine" with "like software"

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Re:Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev ... by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 09, 2025 @09:07PM (#44231415)
How is that profound?
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Re:Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev ... by bobmcnamara on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @02:59PM (#44240151)
It wasn't supposed to be profound. It's accurate.
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