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by coolgeek 2101 days ago
It depends on what "spent $1,000 on servers" means

If you bought (and own) servers, you must depreciate and amortize them. These are capital expenditures, aka capex

If you rented servers (e.g. AWS, GCP), you deduct the entire cost when it is incurred (or realized, depending on the details). This is an operational expense, aka opex