Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2021

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

(13) Income Taxes

The Company’s provision for income taxes consists of federal, foreign, and state taxes necessary to align the Company’s year-to-date tax provision with the annual effective rate that it expects to achieve for the full year.  At each interim period, the Company updates its estimate of the annual effective tax rate and records cumulative adjustments, as necessary.

For the three months ended November 30, 2021, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $641, which includes a discrete income tax provision of $175 related primarily to finalization of the federal and certain state tax return filings. For the three months ended November 30, 2020, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $2,334, which includes a discrete income tax benefit of $542 related primarily to finalization of the federal and certain state tax return filings.

The effective tax rates for the three months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 were an income tax benefit of 2.1% on a pre-tax loss of $30,313 and an income tax provision of 11.8% on pre-tax income of $19,774, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three months ended November 30, 2021 differs from the U.S. statutory rate of 21% primarily as a result of an increase in valuation allowance as the Company recorded a limited tax benefit with respect to the Arbitration Settlement as it could not conclude that all of its US deferred tax assets were realizable on a more-likely-than-not basis. The effective tax rate for the three months ended November 30, 2020 differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the anticipated reversal of a portion of the U.S. valuation allowance based on projected current year earnings, immediate U.S. taxation of foreign earnings, non-controlling interest related to EyeLock LLC, state and local income taxes, nondeductible permanent differences, and income taxed in foreign jurisdictions at varying tax rates.

For the nine months ended November 30, 2021, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $374, which includes a discrete income tax provision of $31 related to the finalization of federal and state tax filings during the quarter ended November 30, 2021 and the accrual of interest for unrecognized tax benefits, offset with the reversal of uncertain tax provision liabilities as a result of the lapse of the applicable statute of limitations. For the nine months ended November 30, 2020, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $6,724, which includes a discrete income tax provision of $3,609. The Company recorded a discrete tax provision of $4,275 related to an increase in valuation allowance as a result of the technical correction to net operating losses as provided in the CARES Act and a discrete tax benefit of $697 related to the finalization of federal and state filings during the quarter ended November 30, 2020, and the reversal of uncertain tax provision liabilities as a result of the lapse of the applicable statute of limitations, offset with a discrete tax provision of $31 related to the accrual of interest for unrecognized tax benefits.

The effective tax rates for the nine months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 were an income tax benefit of 1.3% on pre-tax loss of $28,941 and an income tax provision of 31.1% on pre-tax income of $21,614, respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended November 30, 2021 differs from the U.S. statutory rate of 21% as a result of a number of factors, including the non-controlling interest related to EyeLock LLC, state and local income taxes, nondeductible permanent differences, income taxed in foreign jurisdictions at varying tax rates, and an increase in valuation allowance as the Company recorded a limited tax benefit with respect to the Arbitration Settlement as it could not conclude that all of its US deferred tax assets were realizable on a more-likely-than-not basis. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended November 30, 2020 differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the anticipated reversal of a portion of the U.S. valuation allowance based on projected current year earnings, immediate U.S. taxation of foreign earnings, non-controlling interest related to EyeLock LLC, state and local income taxes, nondeductible permanent differences, and income taxed in foreign jurisdictions at varying tax rates.

At November 30, 2021, the Company had an uncertain tax position liability of $1,002, including interest and penalties. The unrecognized tax benefits include amounts related to various U.S. federal, state, and local, and foreign tax issues.