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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation - Interim Financial Statements

The condensed consolidated financial statements of Visteon Corporation and Subsidiaries (the "Company" or "Visteon") have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP"). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments, except as otherwise disclosed) that management believes are necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations, financial position, stockholders' equity, and cash flows of the Company for the interim periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of full-year results.

Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported herein. Considerable judgment is involved in making these determinations, and the use of different estimates or assumptions could result in significantly different results. Management believes its assumptions and estimates are reasonable and appropriate. However, actual results could differ from those reported herein. Events and changes in circumstances arising after June 30, 2026 will be reflected in management's estimates in future periods.

Accounts Receivable: Accounts receivable are stated at the invoiced amount, less an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated amounts not expected to be collected, and do not bear interest.

The Company receives bank notes from certain customers in China to settle trade accounts receivable. The collections on such bank notes are included in operating cash flows based on the substance of the underlying transactions, which are operating in nature. The Company redeemed $65 million of China bank notes during the six months ended June 30, 2026.

Credit Loss Allowance: The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts for accounts receivable based on the current expected credit loss impairment model (“CECL”). The Company applies a historical loss rate based on historic write-offs by region to aging categories. The historical loss rate is adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future losses, as necessary. The Company may also record a specific reserve for individual accounts when the Company becomes aware of specific customer circumstances, such as in the case of a bankruptcy filing or deterioration in the customer's operating results or financial position. The allowance for doubtful accounts was $10 million and $9 million as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

Change in Accounting Principle

Assessing Realizability of U.S. Deferred Tax Assets Accounting Method Change

During the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company changed its accounting method for assessing the realizability of its deferred tax assets and resulting valuation allowance from the incremental cash tax savings method to the tax-law-ordering methodology. The Company has determined that the tax-law-ordering methodology is preferable because it provides greater transparency regarding utilization of existing attributes and prioritizes existing attributes over future attributes.

The change in approach, effective December 31, 2025, has been determined to be a change in accounting principle and the effects of the change have been applied and disclosed retrospectively.

Refer to the section titled Change in Accounting Principle within Note 1 and Note 22 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K for further details on our method of accounting for realizability of its deferred tax assets and resulting valuation allowance.