Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 11 — Income Taxes

Forrester provides for income taxes on an interim basis according to management’s estimate of the effective tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. Certain items such as changes in tax rates, tax benefits or expense related to settlements of share-based awards, tax effects of foreign currency gains or losses, goodwill impairments, and the tax effect from the divestment of operations are treated as discrete items and are recorded in the period in which they arise.

Income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $1.0 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 1.2% for the period. Income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $2.1 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 24.0% for the period.

The decrease in the effective tax rate during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily due to the goodwill impairment charge, which is not deductible for tax purposes.