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Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Sogou Inc. [Member] |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Balance Sheet Information of Discontinued Operations | The following tables set forth the assets, liabilities, results of operations and cash flows of discontinued operations with respect to Sogou, that were included in the Sohu Group’s consolidated financial statements (in thousands):
|  | As of December 31, 2020 |
ASSETS |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 287,185 |
Restricted cash |  |  | 23,018 |
Short-term investments |  |  | 774,618 |
Account and financing receivables, net |  |  | 73,656 |
Prepaid and other current assets |  |  | 28,946 |
Long-term investments, net |  |  | 74,004 |
Fixed assets, net |  |  | 89,089 |
Goodwill |  |  | 6,527 |
Intangible assets, net |  |  | 1,446 |
Other assets |  |  | 53,679 |
Total assets associated with discontinued operations |  | $ | 1,412,168 |
LIABILITIES |  |  |  |
Accounts payable |  | $ | 122,695 |
Accrued liabilities |  |  | 68,582 |
Receipts in advance |  |  | 64,414 |
Accrued salary and benefits |  |  | 25,350 |
Taxes payable |  |  | 64,082 |
Other short-term liabilities |  |  | 61,154 |
Long-term liabilities |  |  | 10,721 |
Total liabilities associated with discontinued operations |  | $ | 416,998 |
Comprehensive Income Information of Discontinued Operations |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 (1) |
Revenues |  | $ | 1,172,252 |  |  | $ | 924,664 |  |  | $ | 407,607 |
Cost of revenues |  |  | 738,454 |  |  |  | 722,614 |  |  |  | 274,408 |
Gross profit |  |  | 433,798 |  |  |  | 202,050 |  |  |  | 133,199 |
Operating expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research and development (2) |  |  | 190,402 |  |  |  | 193,376 |  |  |  | 141,506 |
Sales and marketing (2) |  |  | 138,291 |  |  |  | 102,523 |  |  |  | 53,481 |
General and administrative (2) |  |  | 40,670 |  |  |  | 29,271 |  |  |  | 11,854 |
Total operating expenses |  |  | 369,363 |  |  |  | 325,170 |  |  |  | 206,841 |
Operating profit/(loss) |  |  | 64,435 |  |  |  | (123,120 | ) |  |  | (73,642 | )
Interest income |  |  | 4,443 |  |  |  | 2,807 |  |  |  | 2,377 |
Interest expense |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | (761 | )
Foreign currency exchange gain/(loss) |  |  | 1,849 |  |  |  | (7,767 | ) |  |  | (848 | )
Other income, net |  |  | 21,127 |  |  |  | 38,633 |  |  |  | 81,655 |
Income/(loss) from discontinued operations before income tax expense |  |  | 91,854 |  |  |  | (89,447 | ) |  |  | 8,781 |
Income tax expense/(benefit) |  |  | 2,748 |  |  |  | 2,346 |  |  |  | (1,112 | )
Results of operations from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  | 89,106 |  |  |  | (91,793 | ) |  |  | 9,893 |
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 855,009 |
Net income/(loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  | 89,106 |  |  |  | (91,793 | ) |  |  | 864,902 |
Note | (1): Includes the financial results of the discontinued operations from January 1, 2021 to September 23, 2021.
Note (2): Expenses generated from marketing services between the Sohu Group and Sogou Group, and leasing expenses generated from a building that Sohu leases to Sogou are not eliminated because those expenses are considered to continue after the disposal of the discontinued operations.
Schedule Of Effective Income tax Rate Of Discontinued Operations |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 (1)(3) |
Statutory Rate: |  |  | 25 | % |  |  | 25 | % |  |  | 25 | %
Effect of tax holidays applicable to subsidiaries and consolidated VIEs |  |  | (2 | %) |  |  | (18 | %) |  |  | 127 | %
Tax differential from statutory rate applicable to subsidiaries and consolidated VIEs |  |  | 3 | % |  |  | (3 | %) |  |  | (90 | %)
Changes in valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | 7 | % |  |  | (43 | %) |  |  | 349 | %
Research and development super-deduction and other permanent book-tax differences |  |  | (25 | %) |  |  | 35 | % |  |  | (249 | %)
Capital gains from equity investments |  |  | (5 | %) |  |  | 1 | % |  |  | (175 | %)
|  |  | 3 | % |  |  | (3 | %) |  |  | (13 | %)
Note | (1): Includes the financial results of the discontinued operations from January 1, 2021 to September 23, 2021.
Note (3): The changes in the effective tax rate for the period ended September 23, 2021 resulted from the lower income from discontinued operations before income tax expense.
Cash Flow Information of Discontinued Operations |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 (1) |
Net cash provided by/(used in) discontinued operating activities |  | $ | 219,516 |  |  | $ | (68,187 | ) |  | $ | (175,888 | )
Net cash provided by/(used in) discontinued investing activities |  |  | (217,598 | ) |  |  | 235,374 |  |  |  | 1,054,148 |
Net cash used in discontinued financing activities |  |  | (33,415 | ) |  |  | (8,209 | ) |  |  | (9,132 | )
Note | (1): Includes the financial results of the discontinued operations from January 1, 2021 to September 23, 2021.
Shanghai Jingmao and Its Affiliate [Member] |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Comprehensive Income Information of Discontinued Operations |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2019 (1) |
Revenues |  | $ | 37,323 |
Cost of revenues |  |  | 43,857 |
Gross loss |  |  | (6,534 | )
Operating expenses: |  |  |  |
Sales and marketing |  |  | 8,807 |
General and administrative |  |  | 18,583 |
Total operating expenses |  |  | 27,390 |
Operating loss |  |  | (33,924 | )
Interest income |  |  | 7 |
Other income/(expense), net |  |  | 61 |
Loss from discontinued operations before income tax expense |  |  | (33,856 | )
Income tax expense |  |  | 142 |
Net loss from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  | (33,998 | )
Note (1): Includes the financial results of the discontinued operations from January 1, 2019 to August 12, 2019.
Cash Flow Information of Discontinued Operations |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2019 (1) |
Net cash provided by discontinued operating activities |  | $ | 9,341 |
Net cash used in discontinued investing activities |  |  | (10,808 | )
Net cash provided by discontinued financing activities |  |  | 0 |
Note (1): Includes the financial results of the discontinued operations from January 1, 2019 to August 12, 2019.​​​​​​​

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