Depending on the kind of project and data agreements, it’s sometimes much easier to run computations on premise than in the cloud. Even though the cloud is somewhat more secure.
I for example have some healthcare research projects with personally identifiable data, and in these times it’s simpler for the users to trust my company, than my company and some overseas company and it’s associated government.
For me as an employee in Australia, I could buy this and write it off my tax as a work expense myself. To rent, it would be much more cumbersome, involving the company. That's 45% off (our top marginal tax rate).
Can people please not listen to this terrible advice that gets repeated so oft, especially in Australian IT circles somehow by young naive folks.
You really need to talk to your accountant here.
It's probably under 25% in deduction at double the median wage, little bit over @ triple, and that's *only* if you are using the device entirely for work, as in it sits in an office and nowhere else, if you are using it personally you open yourself up to all sorts of drama if and when the ATO ever decides to audit you for making a $6k AUD claim for a computing device beyond what you normally to use to do your job.
My work is entirely from home. I happen to also be an ex lawyer, quite familiar with deduction rules and not altogether young. Can you explain why you think it's not 45% off? Ive deducted thousands in AI related work expenses over the years.
Even if what you are saying is correct, the discount is just lower. This is compared to no discount on compute/GPU rental unless your company purchases it.
