Note 12 - Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

12. Income Taxes

The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $0.5 million and $2.5 million for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023, resulting in effective tax rates of 6.6% and 11.1%, respectively. The income tax benefit was $1.2 million and $2.4 million for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022, resulting in effective tax rates of 22.1% and 19.5%, respectively.

The change in the effective tax rate for the three-months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to the same period in 2022, is primarily due to the valuation allowance recorded against domestic deferred tax assets of $1.1 million for the three-months ended September 30, 2023. The change in the effective tax rate for the nine-months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to the same period in 2022, is primarily due to the valuation allowance recorded against domestic deferred tax assets of $2.3 million for the nine-months ended September 30, 2023, partially offset by a discrete charge of $0.7 million related to non-deductible stock compensation during the nine-months ended September 30, 2022.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets to the extent that it believes that these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such a determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, carryback potential if permitted under the tax law, and results of recent operations. At December 31, 2022, the Company determined that its domestic deferred tax assets were realizable based upon future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences. The Company expects to incur an operating loss for 2023. As a result, the Company anticipates that deferred tax assets originating during the year ended December 31, 2023 will exceed the availability of reversing taxable temporary differences. Due to significant negative evidence, including the Company’s current and prior year operating losses, the Company concluded its anticipated net deferred tax assets in the U.S. are not more likely than not to be realizable. Accordingly, the estimated annual effective tax rate used to compute the income tax provision for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023 includes an adjustment for the valuation allowance required against the U.S deferred tax assets. As of September 30, 2023, the Company continues to believe its foreign deferred tax assets are realizable based upon future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences and projected future taxable income in the Company’s foreign jurisdictions.

The Company files income tax returns in the United States on a federal basis, in certain U.S. states, and in certain foreign jurisdictions. The associated tax filings remain subject to examination by applicable tax authorities for a certain length of time following the tax year to which those filings relate, which varies by jurisdiction.