Company: UIS
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000746838-25-000008
Chunk: 73

Company: UNISYS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 73
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 $39.1 million related to the DWS reportable segment.

The provision for income taxes in 2024 was $117.9 million compared with a provision of $79.3 million in 2023. The change in the tax provision was primarily driven by a provision of $27.3 million established for certain foreign subsidiaries for which the company is no longer asserting indefinite reinvestment of earnings, the geographic distribution of income and the net change in the valuation allowances of approximately $7.9 million, primarily in the United Kingdom. The effective tax rate in 2024 and 2023 was (156.6)% and (22.8)%, respectively, primarily driven by U.S. operating losses with no tax benefit as the deferred tax assets are subject to a full valuation allowance and non-creditable withholding taxes in the U.S. and jurisdictions with no valuation allowance that are subject to tax. Additionally, the effective tax rate in 2024 was impacted by a change in the company’s indefinite reinvestment assertion of the earnings in certain foreign subsidiaries. See Note 7, “Income taxes,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.

The company evaluates quarterly the realizability of its deferred tax assets by assessing its valuation allowance and by adjusting such amount, if necessary. The company records a tax provision or benefit for those international subsidiaries that do not have a full valuation allowance against their deferred tax assets. Any profit or loss recorded for the company’s U.S. operations will have no provision or benefit associated with it due to the company’s valuation allowance, except with respect to refundable tax credits and withholding taxes not creditable against future taxable income. As a result, the company’s provision or benefit for taxes may vary significantly period to period depending on the geographic distribution of income.

The realization of the company’s net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2024 is primarily dependent on the ability to generate sustained taxable income in various jurisdictions. Judgment is required to estimate forecasted future taxable income, which may be impacted by future business developments, actual results, strategic operational and tax initiatives, legislative, and other economic factors and developments. During 2024 and 2023, the company determined that a portion of its non-U.S. net deferred tax assets required an additional valuation allowance. The net change in the valuation allowance impacting the effective tax rate in 2024 was approximately $7.9 million, primarily in the United Kingdom, and in 2023, the net change was approximately $2.