OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription
Mike Wickham
info at mikewickham.com
Wed May 22 09:41:41 PDT 2013
The law is the same here, but we have a generous Section 179 deduction
that most businesses can use to deduct 100% of all capital expenses each
year. I believe there are also some other temporary "stimulus"
provisions in place that allow other methods of deducting the full 100%.
The subscription model can be a valid one for some-- especially very
large businesses-- but not for small companies, freelancers, or
individual users. Adobe needs to return our choice.
Mike
On 5/21/2013 2:54 PM, David Shaked wrote:
> An aspect I haven't seen mentioned in this thread: taxes
>
> According to Israeli tax law, if I purchase a perpetual license for a
> software application, it's a capital expense. I have to depreciate the
> purchase over several years. I cannot deduct the full expense from this
> year's tax return.
>
> If I pay a smaller fee for an annual subscription license, I not only smooth
> out the cost, but I can deduct the full amount in the current year.
>
> Is the tax treatment the same in the US and other countries?
>
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