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A comment on Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174). Parent comment
(Not trying to be deliberately obtuse but) which people "think this"? Startups and their investors, obviously, but who else?
If world+dog has to amortize their R&D expenditure, why should startups be exempt, essentially "because software dev salaries"?
> But since established companies aren't affected as much, they are advantaged by the amoritization rule.
Q: Why should startups get a specific tax carve-out for "R&D"?
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(Not trying to be deliberately obtuse but) which people "think this"? Startups and their investors, obviously, but who else?
If world+dog has to amortize their R&D expenditure, why should startups be exempt, essentially "because software dev salaries"?
> But since established companies aren't affected as much, they are advantaged by the amoritization rule.
Q: Why should startups get a specific tax carve-out for "R&D"?