Company: RCUS
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001724521-25-000116
Chunk: 320

Company: Arcus Biosciences, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 320
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 under IRC Section 382 and 383 through October 31, 2020 with respect to our NOL and credit carryforwards. We concluded that an ownership change, as defined under IRC Section 382, occurred in previous years, but that such ownership change did not result in the expiration of our NOL or credit carryforwards prior to utilization. We may incur additional ownership changes in the future in connection with any equity issuance. If we experience any such ownership change, we may be limited in our ability to use our NOL and credit carryforwards and be required to make material cash tax payments.

Similar provisions of state tax law may also apply to limit our use of accumulated state tax attributes. In addition, at the state level, there may be periods during which the use of NOLs is suspended or otherwise limited. For example, California recently enacted a franchise tax law limiting the usability of California state NOLs to offset taxable income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2027. Similar laws in the future could accelerate or permanently increase state taxes owed. Therefore, even if we attain sustained profitability, we may be unable to use all or a material portion of our NOLs and other tax attributes, which could adversely affect our future cash flows. 

Changes in tax laws and regulations or exposure to additional tax liabilities could adversely affect our financial results.

The rules dealing with U.S. federal, state and local income taxation are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department. We actively monitor legislative and regulatory developments that may affect our tax liability in order to identify and evaluate if such proposals would have a material impact, whether detrimental or beneficial, on our financial results. Changes to tax laws (which changes may have retroactive application) could adversely affect us or holders of our common stock. In recent years, many such changes have been made and changes are likely to continue to occur in the future. For example, the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, as amended by the statute commonly referred to as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025", eliminate the option to currently deduct non-U.S. R&D expenditures and require taxpayers to capitalize and amortize non-U.S. R&D expenditures over fifteen years. We cannot predict whether, when, in what form, or with what effective dates, tax laws, regulations and rulings may be enacted, promulgated or