To soften the blow for companies, expenditure on combating the millennium bug threat can now be written off as "research and development investment" under the fiscal incentives regulations, thus greatly reducing the burden. To further encourage companies to tackle Y2K, the MOEA also provides low-interest loans at rates of only about 2 %. Of course, as well as carrots there also have to be sticks.
為了讓企業主不會太心疼，目前 Y2K 的因應支出可以適用租稅獎勵條例中的「研發投資抵減」，大大減輕了業者的負擔，此外經濟部還提供利率僅百分之二左右的優惠融資，希望進一步提高業者迎戰 Y2K 的意願。