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Tax Receivable Agreement
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Receivables [Abstract]  
Tax Receivable Agreement

15. Tax Receivable Agreement

In connection with the Business Combination, Alight entered into the Tax Receivable Agreement (the “TRA”) with certain owners of Alight Holdings prior to the Business Combination. Pursuant to the TRA, the Company will pay certain sellers, as applicable, 85% of the tax benefits, of any savings that we realize, calculated using certain assumptions, as a result of (i) tax basis adjustments from sales and exchanges of Alight Holdings equity interests in connection with or following the Business Combination and certain distributions with respect to Alight Holdings equity interests, (ii) our utilization of certain tax attributes, and (iii) certain other tax benefits related to entering into the TRA.

Actual tax benefits realized by Alight may differ from tax benefits calculated under the TRA as a result of the use of certain assumptions in the TRA, including the use of an assumed weighted-average state and local income tax rate to calculate tax benefits. While the amount of existing tax basis, the anticipated tax basis adjustments and the actual amount and utilization of tax attributes, as well as the amount and timing of any payments under the TRA, will vary depending upon a number of factors, we expect that the payments that Alight may make under the TRA will be substantial.

The Company’s TRA liability established upon completion of the Business Combination is measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The TRA liability balance at March 31, 2022 assumes: (i) a constant blended U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate of 26.17%; (ii) no material changes in tax law; (iii) the ability to utilize tax attributes based on current alternative tax forecasts; and (iv) future payments under the TRA are made when due under the TRA. The amount of the expected future payments under the TRA has been discounted to its present value using a discount rate of 7.6%.

Subsequent to the Business Combination, we will record additional liabilities under the TRA when Class A units of Alight Holdings are exchanged for Class A Common Stock. Liabilities resulting from these exchanges will be recorded on a gross undiscounted basis and are not remeasured at fair value. During the Successor three months ended March 31, 2022, an additional TRA liability of $6 million was established as a result of these exchanges.

The following table summarizes the changes in the TRA liabilities (in millions):

 

 

Tax Receivable

 

 

 

Agreement Liability

 

Beginning balance as of December 31, 2021

 

$

 

581

 

Measurement period adjustment

 

 

 

(8

)

Fair value remeasurement

 

 

 

(5

)

Conversion of noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

6

 

Ending Balance as of March 31, 2022

 

$

 

574