Company: CZR
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001590895-25-000110
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Company: Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
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urchase Program will be retired. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, there were no share repurchases made under the 2024 Share Repurchase Program. Subsequently, during April 2025, the Company repurchased approximately 4.2 million shares of our common stock for a total cost of approximately $100 million. 

Note 10. Income Taxes

The Company utilized a discrete effective tax rate method, as allowed by ASC 740-270 “Income Taxes, Interim Reporting,” to calculate taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. The Company determined that small changes in estimated “ordinary” income would result in significant changes in the estimated annual effective tax rate (“AETR”), and therefore, the AETR method would not provide a reliable estimate.Income Tax AllocationThree Months Ended March 31,(In millions)20252024Loss before income taxes$(87)$(127)Provision for income taxes(11)(15)Effective tax rate(12.6)%(11.8)%

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CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)(UNAUDITED)

The Company classifies accruals for uncertain tax positions within Other long-term liabilities on the Balance Sheets, separate from any related income tax payable or deferred income taxes. Reserve amounts relate to any potential income tax liabilities resulting from uncertain tax positions as well as potential interest or penalties associated with those liabilities.Management assesses the available positive and negative evidence to estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to use existing deferred tax assets. The Company is carrying a valuation allowance on certain federal and state deferred tax assets that are not more likely than not to be realized in the future. The Company has assessed the changes to the valuation allowance, including realization of the disallowed interest expense deferred tax asset, using the integrated approach.The income tax provision for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 differed from the expected income tax provision based on the federal tax rate of 21% primarily due to an increase in federal and state valuation allowances against the deferred tax assets for excess business interest expense.The Company, including its subsidiaries, files tax returns with federal, state, and foreign jurisdictions. The Company does not have tax sharing agreements with the other members within its consolidated group. The Company is subject to exam by various state and foreign tax authorities. With few exceptions,