International Seaways, Inc. Income Taxes Disclosure

NOTE 10 —TAXES:

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Income taxes are provided for using the asset and liability method, such that income taxes are recorded based on amounts refundable or payable in the current year and include the results of any differences in the basis of assets and liabilities between U.S. GAAP and tax reporting. The Company derives substantially all of its gross income from the use and operation of vessels in international commerce. A substantial portion of income earned by INSW is not subject to income tax, and no deferred taxes are provided on the temporary differences between the tax and financial statement basis of the underlying assets and liabilities for those subsidiaries not subject to income tax in their respective countries of incorporation.

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Prior to September 2025, INSW’s subsidiaries that own and operate vessels were primarily domiciled in the Marshall Islands and Liberia, which do not impose income tax on offshore shipping operations. Beginning in September 2025, in an effort to maximize future operational and strategic flexibility while maintaining compliance with evolving global tax reform regulations that are focused on the alignment of the jurisdictions in which an entity’s commercial or strategic management are performed with where its profits are realized, the Company began the process of changing the domicile of its international shipping income generating vessel-owning subsidiaries and various intermediate parent holding companies under International Seaways, Inc. (the “Bermuda Constituent Entity Group”) from the Marshall Islands and Liberia to Bermuda. This redomiciliation process was completed in December 2025, and the Company itself remains organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

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Bermuda enacted the Corporate Income Tax Act on December 27, 2023 (the "Bermuda CIT Act") to ensure that Bermuda (a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [“OECD”]/G20 Inclusive Framework) is an adhering jurisdiction with respect to Pillar Two Model Rules and to mitigate against top-up tax being collected by other jurisdictions on Bermuda-realized income. The Bermuda CIT Act imposes a 15% Bermuda corporate income tax effective for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2025 on Bermuda companies within a “Multinational Enterprise Group” with consolidated annual revenue of €750 million or more in two of the four previous fiscal years. Where corporate income tax is chargeable to a Bermuda Constituent Entity Group (as defined in the Bermuda CIT Act), the amount of corporate income tax chargeable for a fiscal year will be 15% of the net taxable income of the Bermuda Constituent Entity Group as determined in accordance with and subject to the adjustments set out in the Bermuda CIT Act (including in respect of foreign tax credits applicable to the Bermuda constituent entities). In general, income arising from international shipping is exempted from the scope of such tax to the extent that the applicable substance based requirements relating to strategic or commercial management in Bermuda are satisfied. Accordingly, in compliance with the Bermuda CIT Act and the Bermuda economic substance requirements, the strategic management of the Company’s international shipping income generating subsidiaries and their intermediate parent holding companies was carried out from Bermuda, following their redomiciliation between September and December 2025.Therefore, we expect that our income will be exempt from income taxation in Bermuda under the Bermuda CIT Act.

Under current Bermuda tax law (including the Bermuda CIT Act), there are no withholding taxes payable in Bermuda on distributions the Company may receive from its wholly-owned Bermuda constituent entities. All entities employing individuals in Bermuda are required to pay a payroll tax and there are other sundry taxes payable, directly or indirectly, to the Bermuda government. We will also pay annual government fees to the Bermuda government. Bermuda currently has no tax treaties in place with other countries in

relation to double-taxation or for the withholding of tax for foreign tax authorities. Bermuda has entered into a number of Tax Information Exchange Agreements with countries such as Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, UK, and the US, among others to allow for the exchange of tax-related information to combat tax evasion.

The Bermuda constituent entities will also be subject to the Economic Substance Act 2018 and the Economic Substance Regulations 2018 of Bermuda (together the “Economic Substance Framework”) following their redomiciliation. The Economic Substance Framework provides that a registered entity that carries on a relevant activity complies with economic substance requirements if (a) it is directed and managed in Bermuda, (b) its core income-generating activities (as may be prescribed) are undertaken in Bermuda with respect to the relevant activity, (c) it maintains adequate physical presence in Bermuda, (d) it has adequate full time employees in Bermuda with suitable qualifications and (e) it incurs adequate operating expenditure in Bermuda in relation to the relevant activity. A registered entity that carries on a relevant activity is obliged under the Economic Substance Framework to file a declaration in the prescribed form with the Registrar of Companies on an annual basis.

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INSW, including its subsidiaries, is exempt from taxation on its U.S. source shipping income under Section 883 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and U.S. Treasury Department regulations. INSW qualified for this exemption because its common shares were treated as primarily and regularly traded on an established securities market in the United States or another qualified country and for more than half of the days in the taxable year ended December 31, 2025, less than 50 percent of the total vote and value of the Company’s stock was held in the aggregate by one or more shareholders who each owned 5% or more of the vote and value of the Company’s stock. Beginning in 2026, to the extent INSW is unable to qualify for exemption from tax under Section 883, INSW will be subject to U.S. federal taxation of 4% of its U.S. source shipping income on a gross basis without the benefit of deductions. Shipping income that is attributable to transportation that begins or ends, but that does not both begin and end, in the U.S. will be considered to be 50% derived from sources within the U.S. Shipping income attributable to transportation that both begins and ends in the U.S. will be considered to be 100% derived from sources within the U.S. INSW does not engage in transportation that gives rise to 100% U.S. source income. Shipping income attributable to transportation exclusively between non-U.S. ports will be considered to be 100% derived from sources outside the U.S. Shipping income derived from sources outside the U.S. will not be subject to any U.S. federal income tax. INSW’s vessels operate in various parts of the world, including to or from U.S. ports. There can be no assurance that INSW will continue to qualify for the Section 883 exemption.

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The Marshall Islands and Liberia impose tonnage taxes, which are assessed on the tonnage of certain of the Company’s vessels. These tonnage taxes are included in vessel expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

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The components of the income tax benefit/(provision) are as follows:

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Included in the Company's current income tax benefit/(provision) are benefits and provisions for uncertain tax positions relating to freight taxes in various tax jurisdictions. The Company reviews its freight tax obligations on a regular basis and may update its assessment of its tax positions based on available information at that time. Such information may include additional legal advice as to the applicability of freight taxes in relevant jurisdictions. Freight tax regulations are subject to change and interpretation; therefore, the amounts recorded by the Company may change accordingly. During 2025, the Company decreased its reserve for uncertain tax liabilities for these jurisdictions by $0.4 million. The Company does not presently anticipate that its provisions for these uncertain tax

positions will significantly increase in the next 12 months; however, this is dependent on the jurisdictions in which vessel trading activity occurs.

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The differences between income taxes expected at the Marshall Islands statutory income tax rate of zero percent and the reported income tax (benefit)/provision are summarized as follows:

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The following is a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits (excluding interest and penalties) of $3.2 million and $3.4 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which are included in other current and other non-current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets:

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The Company records interest on unrecognized tax benefits in its provision for income taxes. Accrued interest is included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company had a total liability for interest of $0.8 million and $1.0 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.