Taxation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Taxation

15. Taxation

Repay Holdings Corporation is taxed as a corporation and is subject to paying corporate federal, state and local taxes on the income allocated to it from Hawk Parent, based upon Repay Holding Corporation’s economic interest held in

Hawk Parent, as well as any stand-alone income or loss it generates. Hawk Parent is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and most applicable state and local income tax purposes. As a partnership, Hawk Parent is not subject to U.S. federal and certain state and local income taxes. Hawk Parent’s members, including Repay Holdings Corporation, are liable for federal, state and local income taxes based on their allocable share of Hawk Parent’s pass-through taxable income.

The Company’s effective tax rate was (9.7%) and 27.5% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively. The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $0.5 million and an income tax expense of $6.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 includes a stock-based compensation adjustments tax shortfall related to restricted stock awards vesting, which is required to be recorded discretely in the interim period in which it occurs. The effective tax rate of the Company differs from the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the tax structure of the Company, the relative weighting of the noncontrolling interest, and lower income from operations over the current relevant period. The Company’s effective tax rate was 23.6% and 24.2% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $2.3 million and $12.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. The effective tax rate is dependent on many factors, including the estimated amount of income subject to income tax. As such, the effective tax rate can vary from period to period.

The Company recognized adjustments of $0.5 million and $6.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, of deferred tax assets related to the income tax benefit and income tax expense, respectively, derived from the net operating income generated over the same period. The Company recognized $2.3 million and $12.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, of deferred tax assets related to the income tax benefit derived from the net operating loss over the same period.

Deferred tax assets, net of $134.3 million as of September 30, 2022, relates primarily to the basis difference in the Company’s investment in Hawk Parent. The basis difference arose primarily as a result of the subsequent purchase of Post-Merger Repay Units by the Company pursuant to the Unit Purchase Agreements entered into in 2020 with CC Payment Holdings, LLC, an entity controlled by Corsair, and the subsequent exchanges of Post-Merger Repay Units for shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in accordance with the Exchange Agreement. In addition, as a result of the merger with BillingTree on June 15, 2021, an estimated opening deferred tax liability net of $36.1 million, as adjusted, was recorded. The merger was recognized as a Qualified Stock Purchase within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) Section 338(d)(3). As such, no step up in the tax asset basis was permitted creating an estimated net deferred tax liability related to the tax asset basis difference in the investment in Hawk Parent on the opening balance sheet date.

The Company did not recognize any adjustment to the deferred tax asset (“DTA”) and offsetting deferred tax liability (“DTL”) recorded as a result of the ceiling rule limitation arising under Code Sec. 704(c) for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, to account for the portion of the Company’s outside basis in the partnership interest that it will not recover through tax deductions. As the ceiling rule causes taxable income allocations to be in excess of 704(b) book allocations the DTL will unwind, leaving only the DTA, which may only be recovered through the sale of the partnership interest in Hawk Parent. The Company has concluded, based on the weight of all positive and negative evidence, that all of the DTA associated with the ceiling rule limitation is not likely to be realized. As such, a 100% valuation allowance was recognized.

No uncertain tax positions existed as of September 30, 2022.

Tax Receivable Agreement Liability

Pursuant to the Company’s election under Section 754 of the Code, the Company expects to obtain an increase in its share of the tax basis in the net assets of Hawk Parent when Post-Merger Repay Units are redeemed or exchanged for Class A common stock of Repay Holdings Corporation. The Company intends to treat any redemptions and exchanges of Post-Merger Repay Units as direct purchases for U.S. federal income tax purposes. These increases in tax basis may reduce the amounts that the Company would otherwise pay in the future to various tax authorities. They may also decrease gains (or increase losses) on future dispositions of certain capital assets to the extent tax basis is allocated to those capital assets.

On July 11, 2019, the Company entered into a TRA that provides for the payment by the Company of 100% of the amount of any tax benefits realized, or in some cases are deemed to realize, as a result of (i) increases in its share of the tax basis in the net assets of Hawk Parent resulting from any redemptions or exchanges of Post-Merger Repay Units

and from its acquisition of the equity of the selling Hawk Parent members, (ii) tax basis increases attributable to payments made under the TRA, and (iii) deductions attributable to imputed interest pursuant to the TRA (the “TRA Payments”). The TRA Payments are not conditioned upon any continued ownership interest in Hawk Parent or the Company. The rights of each party under the TRA other than the Company are assignable. The timing and amount of aggregate payments due under the TRA may vary based on a number of factors, including the timing and amount of taxable income generated by the Company each year, as well as the tax rate then applicable, among other factors.

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had a liability of $190.5 million related to its projected obligations under the TRA, which is captioned as tax receivable agreement liability in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The decrease of $55.3 million in the TRA liability for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, was primarily a result of the change in the Early Termination Rate.