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Commitments, Contingencies And Other Matters
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Commitments, Contingencies And Other Matters [Abstract]  
Commitments, Contingencies And Other Matters 16.  COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER MATTERS

Litigation – From time to time, the Company is subject to various legal proceedings arising from normal business operations. The Company does not expect the outcome of such proceedings, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material effect on its financial position, cash flows or results of operations.

The Company had a contingent liability related to a series of tax audits conducted by the Polish IRS related to the calculation and payment of personal income tax by CPL employees for periods ranging from 2007 to 2013. The Polish IRS asserted that CPL should calculate, collect and remit to the Polish IRS personal income tax on tips received by CPL employees from casino customers and prevailed in several court challenges by CPL. Through December 31, 2022, CPL has paid PLN 14.3 million ($4.2 million) to the Polish IRS related to these audits.


The statute of limitations expired on all open periods in which CPL calculated personal income tax in which the Polish IRS disagreed. The Company adjusted its contingent liability related to the CPL taxes to remove the estimated taxes accrued for these tax years due to the statute of limitations expiring. The adjustments reduced the contingent liability by PLN 1.8 million ($0.5 million) and PLN 2.8 million ($0.7 million) in December 2021 and 2020, respectively, and were recorded as gain on foreign currency transactions, cost recovery income and other on the Company’s consolidated statements of earnings (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. In September 2022, the Polish IRS reimbursed PLN 1.8 million ($0.4 million based on the exchange rate in effect on September 30, 2022) plus interest, after CPL prevailed in a court challenge of a 2011 tax audit. In September 2021, the Polish IRS reimbursed CPL PLN 2.4 million ($0.6 million based on the exchange rate in effect on September 30, 2021) plus interest, after CPL prevailed in a court challenge of a 2012 tax audit. The Company recorded the Polish IRS reimbursement to gain on foreign currency transactions, cost recovery income and other on its consolidated statement of earnings (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. Any additional tax obligations are not probable or estimable and no additional future tax obligations as a result of these matters are expected.

In March 2020, the Company assessed the likelihood of the collectability of a receivable from LOT Polish Airlines (“LOT”), which previously owned a 33.3% interest in CPL that it sold to the Company in 2013. Due to COVID-19, LOT grounded flights in March 2020. Based on past efforts to collect on LOT’s portions of payments made by CPL to the Polish IRS for tax periods in January 2009 to March 2013 and analysis of LOT’s ability to pay, the Company wrote-down PLN 3.0 million ($0.7 million based on the exchange rate on March 31, 2020) to general and administrative expenses on its consolidated statement of earnings (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Distribution to Non-Controlling Interest – The Company purchased a portion of its ownership interest in CDR in November 2013. Prior to the Company’s acquisition of its ownership interest in CDR, the non-controlling shareholders built infrastructure in the land surrounding CDR. When funds for the use of this infrastructure are received by CDR from unrelated parties, they are distributed to CDR’s non-controlling shareholders through non-controlling interest. The Company distributed $2.0 million, $0.7 million and $0.2 million related to the infrastructure to CDR’s non-controlling shareholders during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Employee Benefit Plans – The Company provides its employees in the United States with a 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (the “401K Plan”). The 401K Plan allows eligible employees to make tax-deferred cash contributions that are matched on a discretionary basis by the Company up to a specified level. Participants become fully vested in employer contributions over a six year period. The Company contributed $0.5 million, $0.5 million and $0.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Company provides its employees in Canada with two registered retirement plans: the Registered Savings Plan (the “RSP Plan”) and Registered Pension Plan (the “RPP Plan”, and collectively the “RSP and RPP Plans”). The RSP and RPP Plans allow eligible employees to make tax-deferred cash contributions that are matched on a discretionary basis by the Company up to a specified level. Participants in the RPP Plan become fully vested in employer contributions over a two year period, and participants in the RSP Plan become fully vested in employer contributions immediately. The Company contributed $0.3 million, $0.2 million and $0.2 million to the RSP and RPP Plans for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.