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tareqaklast Saturday at 6:19 AM1 replyview on HN

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> there shall allowed as a deduction any domestic research and experimental expenditures which are paid or incurred by the taxpayer in the current taxable year

AFAIK, there was no domestic vs. foreign R&D distinction in section 174 before.


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Thorrezlast Saturday at 7:33 AM

There was a domestic vs foreign distinction in the TCJA, passed in 2017, which took effect in 2022:

> 174 to require taxpayers to amortize specified R&E expenditures ratably over a five-year period for domestic expenditures and a 15-year period for specified R&E expenditures attributed to foreign research

https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2022/nov/amortiz...