Company: NE-WTA
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-006184
Chunk: 192

Company: Noble Corp plc
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
Chunk 192
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 and Luxembourg.During the year ended December 31, 2022, our tax provision included tax benefits of $42.1 million related to releases of valuation allowances in Guyana and Luxembourg, $1.3 million related primarily to other deferred tax adjustments, and $6.6 million related to a reduction in legacy Maersk tax contingencies primarily due to favorable foreign exchange movements. Such tax benefits were offset by tax expenses of $2.3 million related to the sale of the Remedy Rigs, $10.8 million related to contract fair value amortization, and various recurring items comprised of Guyana excess withholding tax on gross revenue of $34.7 million and annual current and deferred tax expense accruals of $24.9 million primarily in Luxembourg, Switzerland, US, Norway, and Ghana.Our gross deferred tax asset balance at year-end reflects the application of our income tax accounting policies and is based on management’s estimates, judgments, and assumptions regarding realizability. If it is more likely than not that a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized in a future period, the deferred tax assets will be reduced by a valuation allowance based on management’s estimates.In deriving the $123.6 million change in valuation allowance, where applicable we relied on sources of income attributable to the reversal of taxable temporary differences in the same periods as the relevant tax attributes and projected taxable income for the period covered by our relevant existing drilling contracts based on the assumption that the relevant rigs will be owned by the current rig owners during the relevant existing drilling contract periods. Given the mobile nature of our assets, we are not able to reasonably forecast the jurisdiction of our taxable income from future drilling contracts. We also have limited objective positive evidence in historical periods. Accordingly, in determining the amount of deferred tax benefits to recognize, we did not consider projected book income beyond the conclusion of existing drilling contracts with the exception of interest income projected to be generated over a finite period beyond the conclusion of the relevant existing drilling contracts. As new drilling contracts are executed, we will reassess the amount of deferred tax assets that are realizable. Finally, once we have established sufficient objective positive evidence for historical periods, we may consider reliance on forecasted taxable income from future drilling contracts.Our tax benefits related to transition attributes in Switzerland are scheduled to expire by 2036. Our net operating losses in Switzerland are scheduled to expire between 2027 and 2031. Our net operating losses in Luxembourg are scheduled to expire between 2033 and