Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

14.Income Taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $0.6 million and an income tax provision of $3.9 million, respectively. For the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $7.0 million and $8.3 million, respectively.

The income tax provisions (benefit) for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, consisted of (1) taxes on the income of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries, (2) state taxes in jurisdictions where the Company has no remaining state net operating losses (“NOLs”), (3) foreign withholding taxes, and (4) tax expense associated with the establishment of a U.S. deferred tax liability for amortizable goodwill resulting from the acquisition of Enterasys Networks, Inc., the wireless local area network business from Zebra Technologies Corporation, the Campus Fabric Business from Avaya and the Data Center Business from Brocade. In addition, the income tax provision (benefit) for the three months ended March 31, 2024, includes US Federal income tax benefit of $1.6 million, fully reversing the previously recorded U.S. federal income tax expense during the first two quarters of the year, as well as a $0.3 million income tax benefit resulting from establishment of an indefinite lived deferred tax asset for nondeductible interest expense, offsetting the deferred tax liability related to amortizable goodwill. The interim income tax provisions (benefit) for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were calculated using the discrete effective tax rate method as allowed by ASC 740-270-30-18, Income Taxes – Interim Reporting. The discrete method is applied when the application of the estimated annual effective tax rate is impractical because it is not possible to reliably estimate the annual effective tax rate. The discrete method treats the year-to-date period as if it was

the annual period and determines the income tax expense or benefit on that basis. The Company believes that, at this time, the use of this discrete method is more appropriate than the annual effective tax rate method as (i) the estimated annual effective tax rate method is not reliable due to the high degree of uncertainty in estimating annual pretax earnings on a jurisdictional basis and (ii) the Company’s ongoing assessment that the recoverability of certain U.S. and Irish deferred tax assets is not more likely than not.

The Company has provided a full valuation allowance against all of its U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets as well as a portion of the deferred tax assets in Ireland. Significant judgment is required in determining any valuation allowance recorded against deferred tax assets. In assessing the need for a valuation allowance, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence to determine whether it is “more likely than not” that deferred tax assets are recoverable including past operating results, estimates of future taxable income, changes to enacted tax laws, and the feasibility of tax planning strategies; such assessment is required on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis. The Company's inconsistent earnings in recent periods, including historical losses, tax attributes expiring unutilized in recent years and the cyclical nature of the Company's business provides sufficient negative evidence that require a full valuation allowance against its U.S. federal and state net deferred tax assets as well as a portion of the deferred tax assets in Ireland. These valuation allowances will be evaluated periodically and can be reversed partially or in whole if business results and the economic environment have sufficiently improved to support realization of some or all of the Company's deferred tax assets. In the event the Company changes its determination as to the amount of deferred tax assets that can be realized, it will adjust its valuation allowance with a corresponding impact to the provision for income taxes in the period in which such determination is made.

The Company had $18.3 million of unrecognized tax benefits as of March 31, 2024. If fully recognized in the future, $0.2 million would impact the effective tax rate and $18.1 million would result in adjustments to deferred tax assets and corresponding adjustments to the valuation allowance with no impact to the effective tax rate. The Company does not anticipate any events to occur during the next twelve months that would materially reduce the unrealized tax benefit as currently stated in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The Company’s policy is to accrue interest and penalties related to the underpayment of income taxes as a component of tax expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

In general, the Company’s U.S. federal income tax returns are subject to examination by tax authorities for fiscal years 2001 forward due to NOLs and the Company’s state income tax returns are subject to examination for fiscal years 2000 and forward due to NOLs. The Company is not currently under audit for income tax purposes in any material jurisdictions.