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Do software companies get tax writeoffs for donating software projects in which they've incurred significant development expenses?



I imagine they would if the project itself is still worth something and they are donating to a non-profit.


A more interesting question would be how do you evaluate how much you get to write off you taxes? Adobe is donating presumably because they believe the current value of it is low, but just as easily they could argue that as a mature platform it is worth hundreds of millions.




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