Note 11. Accrued Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | September 30, 2025 | | December 31, 2024 | | (Dollars in millions) | | Customer pricing reserve | $ | 99 | | | $ | 77 | | | Compensation, benefit and other employee related | 78 | | | 74 | | | Repositioning | 10 | | | 12 | | Product warranties and performance guarantees - short-term (Note 19) | 14 | | | 15 | | | Income and other taxes | 39 | | | 32 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Customer advances and deferred income (1) | 13 | | | 16 | | | Accrued interest | 28 | | | 14 | | Short-term lease liability (Note 13) | 13 | | | 11 | | | Accrued freight | 9 | | | 9 | | | Dividends payable | — | | | 12 | | Designated and undesignated derivatives (Note 16) | 10 | | | 8 | | | Environmental reserve | 4 | | | 6 | | | | | | Other (primarily operating expenses) | 13 | | | 13 | | | | 330 | | | 299 | |
(1)Customer advances and deferred income include $6 million and $8 million of contract liabilities as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. See Note 3, Revenue Recognition and Contracts with Customers. The Company accrues repositioning costs related to projects to optimize its product costs and right-size our organizational structure. Expenses related to the repositioning accruals are included in Cost of goods sold and Selling, general and administrative expenses in our Consolidated Interim Statements of Operations. The following tables summarize the activity in our repositioning accrual: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Severance Costs | | Other Costs | | Total | | (Dollars in millions) | Balance at December 31, 2024 | $ | 12 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 12 | | | Charges | 8 | | | — | | | 8 | | | Usage—cash | (10) | | | — | | | (10) | | | | | | | | Balance at September 30, 2025 | $ | 10 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 10 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Severance Costs | | Other Costs | | Total | | (Dollars in millions) | Balance at December 31, 2023 | $ | 9 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 9 | | | Charges | 16 | | | — | | | 16 | | | Usage—cash | (15) | | | — | | | (15) | | | | | | | | Balance at September 30, 2024 | $ | 10 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 10 | |
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