Comment by maxerickson
3 years ago
If you have an off the shelf solution, then close to 0 development.
If you have a clear, standard approach to the installation, then the development is likely to be a small portion of the work.
If neither of those are true then you are in the hard to figure area.
A carpenter building a custom solution for room x
A programmer building a custom abstraction for domain feature x
A plumber laying a new line from the basement to the second floor
All require some surveying and development of a solution, gluing existing parts together in a unique way
Sure, I agree, but there are likely standard approaches, especially in the older trades, where the development is making ~1 decision and then measuring.
Like if the carpenter is installing some shelves, they are most likely picking a shelving system or approach they know how to work with and measuring for fit, not coming up with a brand new way to mount shelves. They might come up with a new way, it just isn't all that likely.
The same can be said for a lot of software developers. How many people spend their days gluing together existing libraries vs. writing their own? This rule seems ridiculous; I fail to understand why they're are different tax write off rates for employees based on what they're doing. Either way they're being paid by the business!
The entirety of the rule seems to exist to punish small players in the market. A barrier to entry to box out competition.
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