INCOME TAXES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

INCOME TAXES

PBF Holding is a limited liability company treated as a “flow-through” entity for income tax purposes. Accordingly, there is generally no benefit or expense for federal or state income tax in the PBF Holding financial statements apart from the income tax attributable to two subsidiaries acquired in connection with the acquisition of Chalmette Refining and PBF Ltd. that are treated as C-Corporations for income tax purposes.

The reported income tax (benefit) expense in the PBF Holding Consolidated Statements of Operations consists of the following:

(in millions)	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Current income tax (benefit) expense	$	(1.2)	$	0.5	$	0.8
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)	7.3		(8.8)		7.2
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	6.1	$	(8.3)	$	8.0

A summary of the components of PBF Holding’s deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities consists of the following: 

(in millions)	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Deferred tax assets
Net operating loss carry forwards	$	0.1	$	1.8
Other	—		0.4
Total deferred tax assets	0.1		2.2
Valuation allowances	—		—
Total deferred tax assets, net	0.1		2.2
Deferred tax liabilities
Property, plant and equipment	17.5		17.3
Inventory	21.3		16.3
Total deferred tax liabilities	38.8		33.6
Net deferred tax liability	$	(38.7)	$	(31.4)