Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

11. Income Taxes

For the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recognized an income tax benefit of $5,000, and for the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recognized an income tax expense of $0.5 million. The income tax expense for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was primarily attributed to the Company’s estimate of contingent liabilities for uncertain tax positions taken with respect to transfer pricing for the reporting period. No provision for income taxes has been recognized on undistributed earnings of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries as the Company considers such earnings to be indefinitely reinvested.

The Company follows the accounting guidance related to accounting for income taxes which requires that a company reduce its deferred tax assets by a valuation allowance if, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s deferred tax assets were offset in full by a valuation allowance.

The Company records liabilities related to uncertain tax positions in accordance with the income tax guidance which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements by prescribing a minimum recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Resolution of one or more of these uncertain tax positions in any period may have a material impact on the results of operations for that period. The Company includes any applicable interest and penalties within the provision for income taxes in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The Company was recently under Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) examination for the tax year ended December 31, 2018. On July 21, 2022, the IRS informed the Company that the examination was completed and no adjustments to its 2018 tax return were necessary.

The Company’s future income tax expense may be affected by such factors as changes in tax laws, its business, regulations, tax rates, interpretation of existing laws or regulations, the impact of accounting for share-based compensation, the impact of accounting for business combinations, its international organization, shifts in the amount of income before tax earned in the US as compared with other regions in the world, and changes in overall levels of income before tax.