COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC Income Taxes Disclosure

Deferred income taxes are provided to reflect the future tax consequences or benefits of differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements using enacted tax rates.

In recording deferred income tax assets, the Company considers whether it is more likely than not that its deferred income tax assets will be realized in the future. The ultimate realization of deferred income tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those deferred income tax assets would be deductible. The Company believes that after considering all the available objective evidence, historical and prospective, with greater weight given to historical evidence, management is not able to determine that it is more likely than not that all of its deferred tax assets will be realized. As a result, the Company established valuation allowances for its deferred tax assets and U.S. federal and state net operating loss carryforwards that are not expected to be utilized due to the uncertainty of generating taxable income prior to the expiration of the carryforward periods. The Company will continue to assess the valuation allowances against deferred tax assets considering all available information obtained in future periods.

The Company's ability to use net operating losses ("NOLs") generated before its ownership change in 2018 to reduce taxable income is limited under IRC Section 382. NOLs that exceed the Section 382 limitation in any year continue to be allowed as carry forwards until they expire and can be used to offset taxable income for years within the carryover period subject to the limitation in each year. U.S. federal NOLs incurred prior to 2018 generally have a 20-year life until they expire. NOLs generated in 2018 and after would be carried forward indefinitely. NOLs arising after the date of an ownership change are not affected by the 382 limitation. If the Company does not generate a sufficient level of taxable income prior to the expiration of the pre-2018 NOL carry-forward periods, then it will lose the ability to apply those NOLs as offsets to future taxable income. The Company estimates that all of the U.S. federal NOL carryforwards expiring in 2037 and $1.2 billion of the estimated state NOL carryforwards will expire unused.

The Company's federal income tax returns for the years subsequent to December 31, 2021 remain subject to examination, with the Company's 2022 and 2023 federal income tax returns currently under examination with the United States Internal Revenue Service. The Company's income tax returns in major state income tax jurisdictions remain subject to examination for various periods subsequent to December 31, 2022. The Company is also currently under examination with the state of Louisiana. In both the federal and state examinations, the Company believes that its significant filing positions will be sustained under audit or the final resolution will not have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements. Therefore, the Company has not established any significant reserves for uncertain tax positions.

In July 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") was signed into United States federal law. The Company is benefiting from certain provisions contained in the OBBBA, including increased interest expense deductions and bonus depreciation and has included these benefits in its income tax provision for the year ended December 31, 2025.