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Commitments And Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]  
Commitments And Contingencies 8.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation

Since 2011, the Polish Internal Revenue Service (“Polish IRS”) has conducted a series of tax audits of CPL to review the calculation and payment of personal income tax by CPL employees for periods ranging from 2007 to 2013. The Polish IRS has 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 has prevailed in several court challenges by CPL. Through June 30, 2020, CPL has paid PLN 14.3 million ($4.2 million) related to these audits.

The balance of the potential liability on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet for all open periods as of June 30, 2020 is PLN 4.4 million ($1.1 million based on the exchange rate in effect on June 30, 2020). The Company has evaluated the contingent liability recorded on its condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 and has concluded that it is properly accrued in light of the Company’s estimated obligation related to personal income tax on tips as of June 30, 2020. Additional court decisions and other proceedings by the Polish IRS may expose the Company to additional employment tax obligations in the future.  Any additional tax obligations are not probable or estimable and the Company has not recorded any additional obligation related to such taxes as of June 30, 2020.  Additional tax obligations assessed in the future as a result of these matters, if any, may be material to the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.  

In March 2020, the Company assessed the likelihood of collecting the portion of the liability that it had sought to collect 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 determined that it was more likely than not that the amounts owed would not be collected. As a result, the Company wrote-down PLN 3.0 million ($0.7 million based on the exchange rate in effect on March 31, 2020) to general and administrative expenses on its condensed consolidated statement of (loss) earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2020.