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		kccqzy 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2... And also the section 174 change too, which suddenly increased the tax bill for any companies doing software development.

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candiddevmike 8 days ago [–]

That has been undone now, though.

t-writescode 8 days ago | | [–]

Has it? I haven’t seen anything about that.

stock_toaster 8 days ago | | | [–]

I thought it was mostly rolled back for domestic R&D as part of the terribly named OBBBA.

[1]: found a ref https://www.bnncpa.com/resources/one-big-beautiful-bill-act-...

y-curious 8 days ago | | [–]

Section 174 as it stands means R&D costs companies less, not more. It would be bullish for the SWE profession. It’s still around

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