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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes INCOME TAXES
For interim income tax reporting the Company estimates its annual effective tax rate and applies it to its year-to-date ordinary income. The tax effects of unusual or infrequently occurring items, including changes in judgment about valuation allowances and effects of changes in tax laws or rates, are reported in the interim period in which they occur. The Company’s effective income tax rate was a provision of 17.4% and 16.9% on income before income taxes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, compared to benefits of 11.3% and 8.9% on loss before income taxes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

The Company recognizes deferred income tax assets, net of applicable reserves, related to net operating losses, tax credit carryforwards and certain temporary differences. The Company recognizes future tax benefits to the extent that realization of such benefit is more likely than not. Otherwise, a valuation allowance is applied.

The Company increased its valuation allowance for its foreign tax credits (“FTCs”) by $10 million and $5 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, with a corresponding increase to provision for income taxes. The Company's FTCs are attributable to the Macau Special Gaming Tax, which is 35% of gross gaming revenue in Macau. Significant judgment is required in assessing the need for a valuation allowance and future changes to assumptions used in this assessment could result in material changes in the valuation allowance with a corresponding impact on the provision for income taxes in the period including such change.

An extension of the annual fee arrangement that covers distributions of profits earned for the period of April 1, 2020 through June 26, 2022 was accepted by MGM Grand Paradise and confirmed by the Macau government on July 26, 2021. The agreement with the Macau government allows MGM Grand Paradise to settle the 12% complementary tax that would otherwise be due by its shareholder, MGM China, on distributions of its gaming profits by paying a flat annual fee regardless of the amount of distributable dividends. The agreement requires payments of approximately $1 million for the period April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, $2 million for January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, and $1 million for the period January 1, 2022 through June 26, 2022. The Company accrued $3 million of income tax expense through the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 under the extension, including $1 million for the April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 period.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company reached a settlement with the IRS Appeals Office on the examination of its 2014 U.S. consolidated federal income tax return. No cash tax payments were due as a result of the settlement. In addition, one of the Company's subsidiaries, Marina District Development Company, LLC, closed an examination in the state of New Jersey for tax years 2015 through 2018 with no change in tax due. As a result of the federal and New Jersey audit closures, the Company reversed $30 million of unrecognized tax benefits during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, none of which was recognized during the current year quarter.