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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes INCOME TAXES
Stratus’ accounting policy for and other information regarding its income taxes are further described in Notes 1 and 7 in the Stratus 2021 Form 10-K.

Stratus had deferred tax assets (net of deferred tax liabilities) totaling $6.3 million at September 30, 2022, and $12.4 million at December 31, 2021. Stratus' deferred tax assets had valuation allowances totaling $6.3 million at September 30, 2022, and $6.4 million at December 31, 2021. Prior to the sale of Block 21, management concluded that the pending sale of Block 21 was sufficient positive evidence to support the ability to realize certain deferred tax assets expected to be realized from the sale, which resulted in Stratus recording a $4.2 million non-cash tax credit in fourth-quarter 2021 to reduce the related valuation allowance. Stratus continues to maintain a valuation allowance on its remaining deferred tax assets. Stratus plans to make a federal income tax payment of approximately $10 million in December 2022 to satisfy estimated taxes due associated with current year taxable income, including the gain on the sale of Block 21.

In evaluating the recoverability of the remaining deferred tax assets, management considered available positive and negative evidence, giving greater weight to the uncertainty regarding projected future financial results. Upon a change in facts and circumstances, management may conclude that sufficient positive evidence exists to support a reversal of, or decrease in, the valuation allowance in the future, which would favorably impact Stratus' results of operations. Stratus’ future results of operations may be negatively impacted by an inability to realize a tax benefit for future tax losses or for items that will generate additional deferred tax assets that are not more likely than not to be realized.

The difference between Stratus' consolidated effective income tax rate for the first nine months of 2022 and the U.S. Federal statutory income tax rate of 21 percent was primarily attributable to state income taxes, noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries, the presence of a valuation allowance against certain U.S. Federal deferred tax assets as of September 30, 2022, and the release of a reserve on uncertain tax positions related to the 2015 through 2017 U.S. Federal tax audit, which was closed in first-quarter 2022. The difference between Stratus' consolidated effective income tax rate of 3 percent for the first nine months of 2021 and the U.S. Federal statutory income tax rate of 21 percent was primarily attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries, the presence of a full valuation allowance against certain U.S. Federal deferred tax assets as of September 30, 2021, and the Texas state margin tax.
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the IR Act) was enacted in the United States. Among other provisions, the IR Act imposes a new 1 percent excise tax on the fair market value of net corporate stock repurchases made by covered corporations, effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2022. Stratus is assessing the potential impacts of the IR Act, but does not expect the IR Act to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.