Monday, July 20, 2026
ProSection 174 Sync
Integrates with GitHub, Linear, and Gusto to automatically classify developer activities as Section 174 qualified research expenditures, tracking time, code contributions, and cloud costs. Generates the IRS Form 6765 amortization schedule and supporting documentation, keeping startups compliant without a CPA specialized in R&D.
Target Audience
Seed-stage US software startups with 5–30 employees, whose founders currently manually guess which payroll and cloud expenses count toward R&D, risking audits and lost deductions after the 2022 tax law change.
Why Now
Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174) directly on Ask HN signals urgent need. Tax season coincides with this post, and no existing tool auto-classifies dev activity for the new rules.
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