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no, it's not wanting to be favored, it's wanting to be treated the same as any other company with expenses.
by throwawaymaths 1y ago
no, it's not wanting to be favored, it's wanting to be treated the same as any other company with expenses.
- fsckboy 1y agothe accounting rules that require capitalizing R&D are the same for all companies, and the amortization is expensed.
- throwawaymaths 1y agoyeah read the whole thread. im arguing that R&D (im not talking about software R&D) should not be special cased as an expense class and a company should be allowed to choose to depreciate or not (just declare which). ianal but my understanding is: Under Section 179 of the IRS code, businesses can elect to expense the cost of a fixed asset in the year of purchase, subject to certain limits and restrictions