> The productive life of any particular blob of source code is an awfully complicated thing to talk about
The IRS does this all the time. Code isn’t some special magic enigma, businesses depreciate property, trucks, aircraft..all of these are equally as complex as code or significantly more complex to value over time. Usually it’s simplified to some degree for practicality, as I’m sure this will be.
keepamovin
I completely agree with that! One requirement of effective taxation is having this granular, high-resolution inspectability of economic activity, but also keeping it abstract and general enough that it can be more efficiently be used a large number of diverse businesses.
The IRS does this all the time. Code isn’t some special magic enigma, businesses depreciate property, trucks, aircraft..all of these are equally as complex as code or significantly more complex to value over time. Usually it’s simplified to some degree for practicality, as I’m sure this will be.