March 23, 2010
AK Steel said today that it will record a non-cash charge of approximately $31 million in the first quarter of 2010 resulting from the recently-enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . Â The charge is due to a reduction in the value of the company&os;s deferred tax asset as a result of a change to the tax treatment of Medicare Part D reimbursements. Â The company emphasized, however, that it expects to continue to receive Medicare Part D reimbursements even after the Act and that the first quarter charge attributable to this change is non-cash in nature. Â
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