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offnominal | 8 months ago

Salaries in general (not just of software developers) are tax deductible in many countries. This is desirable because we do not want companies to be paying taxes on revenue.

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kevinventullo|8 months ago

I dunno, I pay taxes on revenue.

offnominal|8 months ago

Are you a company? If not, then you probably don't have revenue -- you have income.

whichfawkes|8 months ago

Do you take a standard deduction?

It's clearly not enough to cover all of the expenses that are required to generate your "revenue", but it's a gesture in that direction.