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Of course it’s a non issue for big tech.

Is it curtailing the total employment across the industry by affecting smaller firms that may be on more of a defacto cash basis in their planning?

Big tech are the beneficiaries of legislation that primarily suppresses employment in smaller firms.

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Big tech is most affected as they have the biggest r&d budgets? You still have to show a profit to owe taxes which most startups don't have and big tech does. There is a huge bag of tricks you can use to hide or show profit as well.

Find me a case study where this has curtailed hiring.

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