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TouchBistro, an iPad-based restaurant management platform, secured $110 million in growth financing from Francisco Partners to accelerate its growth and make some strategic acquisitions.

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Prepare to amortize: Inflation may spell doom for R&D tax expensing

The U.S. federal government has made R&D tax credits available for a long time, but a change this year will affect all startup companies.

R&D expenses will need to be amortized over 5 years in the case of domestic research, and 15 years in the case of foreign research, according to tax attorney AndrewLeahey.

Many startup's have to wait the equivalent of a lifetime to recover their R&D expenses because they spend so much in their first year.

Companies can prepare for the possibility of the rule coming into effect by using several tactics.

Prepare to amortize: Inflation may spell doom for R&D tax expensing

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Sarah Personette, the company's chief customer officer, resigned today, as Musk continued to talk about his plans for the company's new product. She was positive about a conversation she had with Musk. Sarah wrote that things are happening at Mastodon.

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