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OBBB signed: Reinstates immediate expensing for U.S.-based R&D

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342 points tareqak | 1 comments | 05 Jul 25 00:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.429s | source
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tareqak ◴[05 Jul 25 00:36 UTC] No.44469188[source]▶
> Foreign R&D must still be amortized over 15 years
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macinjosh ◴[05 Jul 25 00:46 UTC] No.44469232[source]▶
Awesome, this literally could not be better for American tech workers.
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beebmam ◴[05 Jul 25 00:54 UTC] No.44469263[source]▶
There's also H-1B (and other worker visa) restrictions/costs imposed. Overall, quite good for the American tech worker
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Izikiel43 ◴[05 Jul 25 00:58 UTC] No.44469279[source]▶
Source?
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beebmam ◴[05 Jul 25 01:06 UTC] No.44469325[source]▶
Extra $250 fee for visa applications: https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/big-beautif...

3.5% remittance fees on sending money out of the US: https://www.globalimmigrationblog.com/2025/06/what-are-the-i...

Also (in above source), no ACA subsidies for H-1B visa holders (and others), which likely means employers they will have to pay more for health care if they want to cover their immigrant workers

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1. Brybry ◴[05 Jul 25 02:44 UTC] No.44469750[source]▶
The House's[1] SEC. 112104. EXCISE TAX ON REMITTANCE TRANSFERS. 3.5% tax became 1% in the Senate's[2] SEC. 70604. EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN REMITTANCE TRANSFERS and a lot of the language changed.

The Senate made a lot of changes (Byrd rule also nuked a lot of stuff) so old articles are of limited use to the final bill.

I don't even know if [2] is the actual final text as there is neither an enrolled or public law version on congress.gov yet.

It's super annoying how often we can't read the final text of a bill before Congress votes on it.

[1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/te...

[2] https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/te...