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I worked as a network engineer for a software company and had to report how many work hours was R&D. It was very silly.



Indeed. This is only a problem because software companies try to classify most of their expenses as "R&D" only to look more profitable than they really are, but at the same time they don't want to pay taxes on those supposed profits. For honest companies which don't capitalise their wage expenses, nothing substantial changes.




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