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		mixdup 80 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass ... What other cost do you think goes into software development? Companies are not spending that much money on IDE licenses. The vast, vast majority of software/R&D costs are labor

MattPalmer1086 79 days ago [–]

So? They are all costs, whatever their source.

In the UK, business gets taxed on profit, which is what is left from revenue after subtracting costs.

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