Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

12. Income Taxes

At the end of each interim period, we are required to estimate our annual effective tax rate for the fiscal year and to use that rate to provide for income taxes for the current year-to-date reporting period. Our 2024 estimated annual effective tax rate, before discrete items, of 24.6%, is driven by our blended federal and state statutory rate of 24.6%, and certain permanent differences between GAAP and tax, including disallowed deductions for executive compensation offset by estimated federal energy home credits for current year home deliveries.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, our estimated annual rate of 24.6% was benefitted by discrete items which had a net impact of decreasing our rate by 0.4%, including the impact of excess tax benefits for vested stock-based compensation.

For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, we recorded income tax expense of $26.9 million and $28.8 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, we recorded income tax expense of $73.8 million and $56.9 million, respectively.