Reply #30: I'm an accountant and put these sorts of publications together for a living

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I also read the page in question.

The whole paragraph is a big qualification that says if their future unrecognized deductible were not allowed or became non-deductible, they would then have to accelerate tax payments to the government because the expected deductible is not allowed anymore.

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The remaining balance in net unrecognized tax benefits principally relates to tax positions for which the ultimate
deductibility is highly certain but for which there is uncertainty about the timing of such deductibility. Because of the impact of
deferred tax accounting, other than interest and penalties, the disallowance of the shorter deductibility period would not affect
the annual effective tax rate but would accelerate the payment of cash to the taxing authority to an earlier period. As of
December 31, 2010, we do not expect any material changes to the estimated amount of unrecognized tax benefits in the next
twelve months.
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They're saying that while it is highly certain these items were deductible, if they were to somehow not be deductible (i.e, due to a change in tax laws), they would then have to accelerate tax payments to the taxing authority.