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Re:Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev ... by gcijoel on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @09:41PM (#44305881)
Your wrong! In your example, youe $200K engineer... can deduct 10% 1st year $20K, 20% or $40K for the next 4 years, and 10% year 6 $20K for a total of $200K deduction. This is called the 5-year rule.
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