Saturday, July 11, 2026
ProDev Tax Shield
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A bookkeeping assistant that connects to GitHub/Jira and automatically classifies developer activities as R&D expenses under Section 174 rules, producing audit-ready reports to maximize tax credits for bootstrapped software companies.
Target Audience
Solo founder engineers and early-stage CTOs at U.S. software startups with under 20 employees who currently lose thousands because they don't track R&D spending properly.
Why Now
Tell HN this week called for restoring the software dev tax deduction, highlighting immediate pain; no existing product turns commit history into tax-compliant documentation, leaving money on the table.
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