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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Income tax (benefit) expense provided on earnings consisted of:
For the Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Current:
U.S. Federal
$— $(55,799)$(51,243)
U.S. State
17 12 (113)
17 (55,787)(51,356)
Deferred:
U.S. Federal
(157,626)(83,080)47,717 
U.S. State
19,739 (35,220)31,375 
(137,887)(118,300)79,092 
Total Income Tax (Benefit) Expense$(137,870)$(174,087)$27,736 
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The components of the net deferred taxes are as follows:
December 31,
20212020
Deferred Tax Assets:
   Gas Derivatives$262,658 $— 
Net Operating Loss- Federal
209,731 215,936 
Net Operating Loss - State
128,592 129,641 
Foreign Tax Credit39,404 43,194 
Federal Tax Credits33,034 — 
Gas Well Closing25,682 24,251 
Operating Lease Liabilities14,322 28,085 
Salary Retirement11,504 11,478 
Equity Compensation5,838 6,639 
Other
8,613 9,416 
Total Deferred Tax Assets
739,378 468,640 
Valuation Allowance
(151,798)(123,098)
Net Deferred Tax Assets
587,580 345,542 
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
Property, Plant and Equipment
(749,811)(649,917)
Investment in Partnership
(133,287)(85,882)
    Discount on Convertible Notes (15,864)(18,097)
   Operating Lease Right-of-Use Assets(14,985)(28,287)
   Advance Gas Royalties(1,842)(2,519)
Gas Derivatives— (26,882)
Other
(392)(211)
Total Deferred Tax Liabilities
(916,181)(811,795)
Net Deferred Tax Liability
$(328,601)$(466,253)
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
The following is a reconciliation, stated as a percentage of pretax income, of the United States statutory federal income tax rate to CNX's effective tax rate:
 For the Years Ended December 31,
 202120202019
 AmountPercentAmountPercentAmountPercent
Statutory U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate$(133,668)21.0 %$(126,595)21.0 %$12,534 21.0 %
Net Effect of State Income Taxes(36,300)5.7 (32,336)5.5 1,333 2.2 
Non-Controlling Interest— — (11,556)1.9 (23,662)(39.6)
Uncertain Tax Positions35,914 (5.6)375 (0.1)— — 
Accrual to Tax Return Reconciliation
(3)— 13 — 603 1.0 
Effect of Equity Compensation2,465 (0.4)4,311 (0.7)8,771 14.7 
Effect of Change in State Valuation Allowance33,100 (5.2)(2,004)0.3 33,238 55.6 
Effect of Change in Federal Valuation Allowance(4,400)0.7 48 — (2,640)(4.4)
Other Deferred Adjustments(4,401)0.7 1,166 (0.2)(1,691)(2.8)
Effect of State Apportionment Changes22,458 (3.5)(1,450)0.2 (3,842)(6.4)
Effect of Federal Tax Credits(53,269)8.3 (6,284)1.0 2,881 4.8 
Other234 — 225 — 211 0.4 
Income Tax (Benefit) Expense / Effective Rate$(137,870)21.7 %$(174,087)28.9 %$27,736 46.5 %
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
For the Years Ended
December 31,
20212020
Balance at Beginning of Period$31,891 $31,516 
Increase in Unrecognized Tax Benefits Resulting from Tax Positions Taken During Prior Periods
38,735 1,726 
Reduction in Unrecognized Tax Benefits Because of the Lapse of the Applicable Statute of Limitations(2,821)(1,351)
Balance at End of Period$67,805 $31,891