Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2024

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

Our tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimated annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items arising in the applicable quarter. In each quarter, we update the estimated annual effective tax rate and make a year-to-date adjustment to the provision. The estimated annual effective tax rate is subject to significant volatility due to several factors, including our ability to accurately predict the proportion of our pretax income in multiple jurisdictions and certain book-tax differences.

We had a provision for income taxes of $3.8 million, reflecting an effective tax rate of (15.1)%, and $3.6 million, reflecting an effective tax rate of (12.8)%, for the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, our effective tax rate differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily as a result of not recognizing deferred tax assets ("DTAs") for losses due to a full valuation allowance (as discussed below) and due to tax rate differences between the U.S. and foreign countries.

The realization of tax benefits of net DTAs is dependent upon future levels of taxable income of an appropriate character in the periods the items are expected to be deductible or taxable. Based on the available objective evidence during the three months ended April 30, 2024, we believe it is more likely than not that the tax benefits of DTAs associated with the U.S., Romania, and the U.K. will not be realized. Accordingly, we have recorded a full valuation allowance against U.S., Romania, and U.K. DTAs. We intend to maintain each of these full valuation allowances until sufficient positive evidence exists to support a reversal of, or decrease in, the valuation allowance.

As of April 30, 2024, we had gross unrecognized tax benefits totaling $2.3 million related to income taxes, which would impact the effective tax rate if recognized. Of this amount, the total liability pertaining to uncertain tax positions was $0.5 million, excluding interest and penalties, which are accounted for as a component of our income tax provision. Our tax positions are subject to income tax audits in multiple tax jurisdictions globally, with a currently open audit in India, and we believe that we have provided adequate reserves for our income tax uncertainties in all open tax years. Our Romanian subsidiary was subjected to a corporate income tax audit by ANAF for the period from January 2018 through January 2022, which was completed during the three months ended April 30, 2024. Certain deductions have been disallowed, resulting in a proposed reduction of net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $66.7 million. We are in the process of appealing this disallowance. In addition, we have engaged in two bilateral transfer pricing negotiations for our transfer pricing model, one between the U.S. and Romania, and one between Japan and Romania. These negotiations are still underway and the authorities are in the process of determining the cost sharing allocations between the respective countries. At this time, we do not expect any significant changes in the next fiscal quarter based on the current positions undertaken by us.

In 2023, Romania adopted an alternative minimum tax that is applicable to all corporate taxpayers, including those reporting a net loss, for tax years commencing after January 1, 2024. As this tax is based on gross receipts,

associated expense is included in operating expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations, and is not accounted for as income taxes.