Comment by Temporary_31337
6 months ago
Question, if you have to amortise it over 5 years, and you can survive the initial 4, does it break even in year 5 (assuming stable employment)? Ie you amortise the previous 5 years (20% each) which works out to 100% anyway?
If you give me 1000$ today and I give you back 1000$ in 5 years do you break even?
This US American idea of paying taxes = giving money away is weird. Especially coming from tech people, as what is preventing other nations from taxing the hell of big/US tech is the US government and its threats.
No one said what you are implying.
The company has to pay money upfront (as salary) and then gets it back later.