Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

9. Income Taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recognized an income tax benefit of $0.4 million. The income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was primarily due to the generation of R&D tax credits and losses in the US that the Company anticipates will be realizable.

No provision for income taxes has been recognized on undistributed earnings of the Company's foreign subsidiaries because it 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. In 2022, the Company released its valuation allowance for federal purposes stemming from the effects of the TRC Transaction. As of March 31, 2023, the Company does not believe a valuation allowance should be re-established to offset it deferred tax assets for federal purposes. As of March 31, 2023, the Company continues to maintain a full valuation allowance on its US state, California, and foreign deferred tax assets.

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’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.