Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

Note 11 – Income Taxes

Our estimated annual effective tax rate for 2022 before discrete items and excluding entities with a valuation allowance is expected to be approximately 24%. Our global effective tax rate is higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate of 21% primarily due to nondeductible expenses. Our ultimate tax expense will depend on the mix of earnings in various jurisdictions. Income taxes of $1.7 million and $2.0 million were paid during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively.

Management assesses the need for a valuation allowance on a regular basis, weighing all positive and negative evidence to determine whether a deferred tax asset will be fully or partially realized. In evaluating the realizability of deferred tax assets, significant pieces of negative evidence such as 3-year cumulative losses are considered. Management also reviews reversal patterns of temporary differences to determine if the Company would have sufficient taxable income due to the reversal of temporary differences to support the realization of deferred tax assets.

Certain operations have incurred net operating losses (NOLs), which are currently subject to a valuation allowance. These NOLs may become deductible to the extent these operations become profitable. For each of our operations, we evaluate whether it is more likely than not that the tax benefits related to NOLs will be realized. As part of this evaluation, we consider evidence such as tax planning strategies, historical operating results, forecasted taxable income, and recent financial performance. In the year that certain operations record a loss, we do not recognize a corresponding tax benefit, thus increasing our effective tax rate, or decreasing our effective tax rate when reporting income in a jurisdiction that has a valuation allowance. Upon determining that it is more likely than not that the NOLs will be realized, we will reduce the tax valuation allowances related to these NOLs, which will result in a reduction of our income tax expense and our effective tax rate in the period.

At December 31, 2021, we had deferred tax assets of $43.7 million resulting from US, foreign and state NOL carryforwards of $148.6 million and other foreign deductible carryforwards of $97.5 million. At December 31, 2021, we had a valuation allowance of $31.3 million against deferred tax assets related to certain carryforwards.