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AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, released the following statement from President and CEO Scott Whitaker upon the passage of a research and development expensing tax provision critical to medtech innovation in the House of Representatives.

Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, today urged Congress to enact a research and development expensing tax provision critical to medtech innovation. The provision would delay a change requiring businesses to deduct their research and development expenses over five years, allowing immediate deduction.

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Following the introduction of the bipartisan American Innovation and Jobs Act in the U.S. Senate and its House companion the American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act, AdvaMed, the MedTech Association, called on lawmakers to quickly pass the legislation which would allow for small companies to deduct their research and development expenses in the year they are incurred. Currently, companies are required to deduct their expenses over the course of five years.

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