Company: MBIO
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001410578-25-000028
Chunk: 265

Company: MUSTANG BIO, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form: S-1
Chunk 265
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 year open for the assessment of income taxes under the applicable statutes of limitations is its 2020 tax year.

Beginning with the 2022 tax year, the Company is required to capitalize research and development expenses for tax purposes as defined under Internal Revenue Code Section 174. For expenses that are incurred for research and development in the U.S., the amounts will be amortized over 5 years, and for expenses that are incurred for research and development outside the U.S., the amounts will be amortized over 15 years. As a result of Section 174 capitalization, the Company recognized a deferred tax asset of $ million.

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act, among other things, includes tax provisions relating to refundable payroll tax credits, deferment of employer’s social security payments, net operating loss utilization and carryback periods and modifications to the net interest deduction limitations. The CARES Act did not have a material impact on the Company’s income tax provision for 2023 and 2022. The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of the CARES Act on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows. On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“Consolidated Appropriations Act”) was signed into law. The Consolidated Appropriations Act is intended to enhance and expand certain provisions of the CARES Act, allows for the deductions of expenses related to the Payroll Protection Program funds received by companies, and provides an update to meals and entertainment expensing for 2021. The Consolidated Appropriations Act did not have a material impact to the Company’s income tax provision for 2023 and 2022. Note 11 – Subsequent Events In connection with the sale of the Company’s leasehold interest in its cell processing facility located in Worcester, Massachusetts and associated assets relating to the manufacturing and production of cell and gene therapies at the Facility (the “Transaction”) to uBriGene (Boston) Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“uBriGene”) and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of UBrigene (Jiangsu) Biosciences Co., Ltd., a Chinese contract development and manufacturing organization, the Company and uBriGene previously submitted a voluntary notice with the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS