This makes no sense and impacts a lot of early stage software projects. In many cases for bootstrap ones it makes them not financially viable - 100%+ effective

This makes no sense and impacts a lot of early stage software projects. In many cases for bootstrap ones it makes them not financially viable - 100%+ effective tax rate would do that if you optimize for early profitability. Even for VC backed ones, those taxes just eat into your runway. I know a bunch of companies that opt for some weird international setup to try and avoid the effects but it’s really not what you should do in early days…