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OnlyCFO's Newsletter is a personal blog at onlycfo.io about business and startups. Since 2023, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “New Tax Rule Is Terrible for Software Industry”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
A finance newsletter about the US Section 174 tax rule change, which made software R&D costs expensive to deduct. HN readers link it to explain the 2022 timing and the tax-driven pressure on software jobs.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Finance and operational insights for CFOs and other leaders at technology companies.
Most-linked posts?
- New Tax Rule Is Terrible for Software Industry4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-12-13
What Hacker News says?
In case anyone wonders why the peak was in 2022, which of course makes no sense if COVID really was the cause of a permanent decline. https://www.onlycfo.io/p/new-tax-rule-is-terrible-for-softwa... TLDR: software jobs were tax free in the US until 2022, when congress who widely promised and were expected to repeal a Trump tax raise ... didn't. Now software engineers in the US are expensive for US companies and softw…
Comment linking /p/new-tax-rule-is-terrible-for-software
on “Charted: The Decline of U.S. Software Developer Jobs”Submitted What Are Moats in Software? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThe 2017 law changed the way software development expenses are counted for tax purposes. 2023 taxes are the first taxes this rule affects. Details: https://www.onlycfo.io/p/new-tax-rule-is-terrible-for-softwa...
Comment linking /p/new-tax-rule-is-terrible-for-software
on “IRS tax code change in Section 174: R&D is an expense”Submitted Build vs. Buy: The End of SaaS? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionClickable: https://www.onlycfo.io/p/new-tax-rule-is-terrible-for-softwa...
Comment linking /p/new-tax-rule-is-terrible-for-software
on “Tell HN: People laid off in my company due to IRS Section 174 changes”Submitted New Tax Rule Is Terrible for Software Industry as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Deel's "Accelerate or Die" Moment as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Software Buying Trends and Insights as a story · 1 points
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