Nadhani: Section 174 forces 15-year amortization for foreign software R&D
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Pallav Nadhani discusses US corporate tax regulations affecting startups utilizing Indian software development teams.
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“Us now has this new law called section one 74, where you cannot amortize. So your development expenses have cannot come in the P and L. It has to be amortized for 15 years.”
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