Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2024

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

12. Income Taxes

Intevac recorded income tax provisions of $476,000 for the three months ended March 30, 2024 and $386,000 for the three months ended April 1, 2023. The income tax provisions for the three-month periods are based upon estimates of annual income (loss), annual permanent differences and statutory tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which Intevac operates. For the three months ended March 30, 2024, Intevac recorded an income tax provision of $344,000 on the income of its international subsidiaries and recorded $135,000 for withholding taxes on royalties paid to the United States from Intevac’s Singapore subsidiary as a discrete item. For the three months ended April 1, 2023, Intevac recorded an income tax provision of $224,000 on the income of its international subsidiaries and recorded $162,000 for withholding taxes on royalties paid to the United States from Intevac’s Singapore subsidiary as a discrete item. Intevac’s tax rate differs from the applicable statutory rates due primarily to the establishment of a valuation allowance, the utilization of deferred and current credits and the effect of permanent differences and adjustments of prior permanent differences. Intevac’s future effective income tax rate depends on various factors, including the level of Intevac’s projected earnings, the geographic composition of worldwide earnings, tax regulations governing each region, net operating loss carry-forwards, availability of tax credits and the effectiveness of Intevac’s tax planning strategies. Management carefully monitors these factors and timely adjusts the effective income tax rate.

Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2021 (the “CARES Act”), as modified and clarified by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Company was eligible for an Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) subject to certain criteria. The ERC is a payroll tax refund per employee, which was designed by the U.S. Treasury Department to assist businesses that retained employees during the COVID pandemic. During the three months ended March 30, 2024, we amended certain fiscal year 2021 payroll tax filings and applied for a refund equal to $2.4 million of ERC benefits. The refund is recorded within trade and other accounts receivable in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 30, 2024, and as $1.5 million in other income (expense), net and $933,000 in discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 30, 2024.