Essential Utilities WTRG Deferred taxes
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Essential Utilities in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit.
The official record: Essential Utilities’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Essential Utilities's deferred taxes?
- Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported deferred taxes of $4.41M in Q1 2026.
- How has Essential Utilities's deferred taxes changed year-over-year?
- Essential Utilities's deferred taxes increased by 123.7% year-over-year, from -$18.61M to $4.41M.
- What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's deferred taxes?
- Over 2 years (2021 to 2024), Essential Utilities's deferred taxes has grown at a 80.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$8.51M to -$27.76M.
- What does deferred taxes mean?
- Tax expenses or benefits that will be paid or realized in future periods rather than the current one.
- How do you interpret deferred taxes?
- Changes often reflect shifts in capital expenditure timing or changes in tax legislation affecting the utility's regulatory asset base.
- How does deferred taxes compare across companies?
- Commonly significant for regulated utilities due to accelerated depreciation for tax purposes.