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WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDITS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDITS [Abstract]  
WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDITS WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDITS
During December 2021, the Company entered into an amended agreement (“Amended WEDC Agreement”) with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (“WEDC”) to earn an additional $18.5 million in refundable tax credits on the condition that the Company expends $350.0 million in capital investments and establishes and maintains 1,300 additional full-time positions over a five-year period. The capital investment credits are earned at a rate of 10% of eligible capital investments up to a maximum of $7.0 million, while the jobs creation credits are earned annually pursuant to the Amended WEDC Agreement.
The tax credits earned are first applied against the tax liability otherwise due, and if there is no such liability present, the claim for tax credits will be reimbursed in cash to the Company. The maximum amount of the refundable tax credit to be earned for each year is fixed, and the Company earns the credits by meeting certain capital investment and job creation thresholds over the term of the Amended WEDC Agreement. Should the Company earn and receive the job creation tax credits but not maintain those full-time positions through the end of the agreement, the Company may be required to pay those credits back to the WEDC.
The Company records the earned tax credits as job creation and capital investments occurs. The tax credits earned from capital investment are recognized as a reduction to capital expenditures at the time the costs are incurred, and then as an offset to depreciation expense over the expected life of the acquired capital assets. The tax credits earned related to job creation are recognized as an offset to operational expenses in the period in which the credits are earned.
As of September 30, 2024, the Company has earned $14.3 million of the refundable tax credits under the Amended WEDC Agreement. The unpaid portion is $8.8 million, of which $4.2 million is reported in prepaid expenses and other current assets and $4.6 million is reported in other long-term assets, net in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets reflecting when collection of the refundable tax credits is expected to occur. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the amounts recorded as an offset to capital expenditures and operating expenses for the tax credits earned were not significant.