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Income Taxes
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes INCOME TAXES:
The effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 were 25.4% and 24.2%, respectively. The effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 were 28.9% and 26.0%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily due to the impact of equity compensation, federal tax credits and state taxes primarily due to state taxes and West Virginia tax law change. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily due to the impact of certain permanent differences related to the repurchase of the Convertible Notes (See Note 10 – Long-Term Debt for more information), equity compensation and state taxes.

The total amount of uncertain tax positions at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $89,341 and $82,245, respectively. If these uncertain tax positions were recognized, approximately $89,341 and $82,245 would affect CNX's effective tax rate at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. In 2023, CNX recognized an increase in uncertain tax positions of $7,096 for tax benefits resulting from tax positions anticipated to be taken on our 2023 federal tax return for additional federal tax credits.

CNX recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in interest expense and income tax expense, respectively. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, CNX had no accrued liabilities for interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

CNX and its subsidiaries file federal income tax returns with the United States and tax returns within various states. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to United States federal, state, local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for the years before 2019.
West Virginia enacted legislation in March 2023 for public companies which allows for a deduction for the deferred tax adjustment as of January 1, 2022 resulting from the change in state apportionment methodology from three factor to single sales factor and elimination of the throw-out rule if the change results in an aggregate increase in net deferred tax liabilities, decrease in net deferred tax assets, or change from a net deferred tax asset to a net deferred tax liability. The deduction is available over a ten-year period beginning with the first tax year on or after January 1, 2033. The Company has recorded a discrete income tax benefit of approximately $15,983 in the Consolidated Statements of Income to reflect the recent legislative change resulting in a decrease to deferred tax liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.