Just to be clear, "special group" here means "any small business that wants to do any R&D of any kind", right? Because software was not a special group before, all R&D was opt-in for this kind of accounting.
Now, after this change, software is a special group singled out, a deviation in the tax code specially carved out for us to make our field specifically the exceptional one with no wiggle room. No other type of development is named in Section 174 to explicitly require companies to amortize.
Uh sure, with this change software would subsidize other R&D. Prior to the change anybody not eligible for Section 174 was subsidizing Section 174 recipients.
Subsidizing R&D is probably a good idea but let's call a spade a spade here. Additionally, subsidizing small business is good policy because they're by the numbers job creators while large businesses are job destroyers.
Now, after this change, software is a special group singled out, a deviation in the tax code specially carved out for us to make our field specifically the exceptional one with no wiggle room. No other type of development is named in Section 174 to explicitly require companies to amortize.
So who is that subsidizing now?