Company: CENX
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-050200
Chunk: 39

Company: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 39
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 of deferred tax liabilities, continue to be subject to a full valuation allowance.Section 45X of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ("IRA") contains a production tax credit equal to 10% of certain eligible production costs, including, without limitation, labor, energy, depreciation and amortization and overhead expenses. On October 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations on the production tax credit requirements under Internal Revenue Code Section 45X (the "IRA Regulations"). The IRA Regulations provide guidance on rules that taxpayers must satisfy to qualify for the IRA Section 45X tax credit. For the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized a reduction of $24.7 million and $47.3 million in Cost of goods sold and a reduction of $0.7 million and $0.8 million in Selling, general and administrative expenses, respectively, within the Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized a 

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reduction of $66.5 million and $69.9 million in Cost of goods sold and a reduction of $2.0 million and $2.0 million in Selling, general and administrative expenses, respectively, within the Consolidated Statements of Operations.President Trump signed Public Law No: 119-21, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the "Act") into law on July 4, 2025, which marks the date of enactment for the tax provisions included in the Act. The Act removed the exemption for critical minerals related to the phase out of the advanced manufacturing production tax credit under Internal Revenue Code Section 45X of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and final regulations issued in October of 2024. Under the Act, beginning in 2031, the amount of the tax credit will be reduced by 25% each year and reduced to 0% in 2034. Additionally, the Act made changes to, but not limited to, permanently extending bonus depreciation that permits full expensing of qualified property, and changes to limitations on the deductibility of interest expense. The Act did not have a material impact on our financial results for the three and