Community Health Systems Inc.

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“The organization has been designated as tax-exempt under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) and is also exempt from state franchise taxes under section 23701(d) of the california revenue and taxation code and is not generally subject to federal or state income taxes. However, the organization is subject to income taxes on any net income that is derived from a trade or business, regularly carried on, and not in furtherance of the purposes for which it was granted exemption. No income tax provision has been recorded as the net income, if any, from any unrelated trade or business, in the opinion of management, is not material to the basic financial statements taken as a whole. Deferred taxes are provided on a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion of all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment. There are no deferred tax assets or liabilities as of december 31, 2018. The organization will recognize the impact of tax positions in the financial statements if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. To date, the organization has not recorded any uncertain tax positions. The organization recognizes potential accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. During the year ended december 31, 2018, the organization did not recognize any amount in potential interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions. The following table summarizes the open tax years for each major jurisdiction: jurisdiction open tax year federal 2015 - 2018 state 2014 - 2018”