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Instruction 8582 — Instructions for Form 8582, Passive Activity Loss Limitations · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States

New section 174A. Section 70302 of P.L. 119-21, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, adds new section 174A to the Internal Revenue Code generally allowing a deduction for domestic research and experimental expenditures. Under section 174A, these expenditures, by definition, must be paid or incurred in the taxpayer’s “trade or business.”

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