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gscott
6 days ago
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The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass ...
I thought wages were deductible anyway. Say you pay a developer $250,000 a year. The employee pays the tax on their own wages.
notimetorelax
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No, not in this case. 250k is an expense for the company. Company had to amortize this expense over 5 or 15 years. (15 for software engineers outside of the US)
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Tade0
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> (15 for software engineers outside of the US)
Yikes. Does that apply to outsourcing?
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walterbell
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W2 salary is different from fully loaded labor cost.
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