Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company’s effective income tax rate was 8.1% for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to 16.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2024, reflects a 17% statutory tax rate on the Company’s Singapore operations, a 21% corporate income tax rate on its domestic operations, and a zero percent tax rate on its Macao gaming operations due to the Company’s income tax exemption in Macao.

On February 5, 2024, the Macao government provided notice that VML and its peers received an exemption from Macao’s corporate income tax on profits generated by the operation of casino games of chance for the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2027.

Additionally, on February 7, 2024, the Company entered into a shareholder dividend tax agreement with the Macao government, effective for the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025, providing for an annual payment at an applicable rate of gross gaming revenue as a substitution for a 12% tax otherwise due from VML shareholders on dividend distributions paid from VML gaming profits. For the year ended December 31, 2023, income tax expense included an anticipated $57 million shareholder dividend tax based on the information available at the balance sheet date. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company reversed the $57 million of income tax expense and recorded $10 million to corporate expense related to the year ended December 31, 2023, to reflect the terms of the new shareholder dividend tax agreement.

In accordance with interim accounting guidance, the Company calculated an estimated annual effective tax rate based on expected annual income and statutory rates in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates. This estimated annual effective tax rate is applied to actual year-to-date operating results to determine the provision for income taxes.