Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

11.            Income Taxes

An income tax expense of $135 thousand was recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to an income tax expense of $71 thousand in the same period of 2023. The estimated annualized effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was 18%, excluding the impacts of the UK entity which continues to experience losses and maintains a full valuation allowance. The difference between our effective income tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory rate are the impact of state taxes and tax credits that we expect to be able to utilize against federal and state taxes.

The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was 8%, excluding the UK as previously mentioned, driven by excess tax benefits on restricted stock awards vesting during the period. The income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was primarily driven by minimum state tax expenses and the change in valuation allowance for the period. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we used the discrete method to arrive at tax expense due to the full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets and cumulative loss position.

An income tax expense of $148 thousand was recorded for the six months ended March 31, 2024 compared to an income tax expense of $204 thousand in the same period of 2023.

The effective tax rate for the six months ended March 31, 2024 was 8%, excluding the UK as previously mentioned, driven by excess tax benefits on restricted stock awards vesting during the period. The income tax expense for the six months ended March 31, 2023 was primarily driven by minimum state tax expenses and the change in valuation allowance for the period. For the six months ended March 31, 2023, we used the discrete method to arrive at tax expense due to the full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets and cumulative loss position.

While the Company had maintained a full valuation allowance, we had been using the discrete effective tax rate method to calculate income taxes for the purposes of quarterly reporting. Now that the valuation allowance has been reduced, the Company has resumed using the annualized effective tax rate method to calculate income taxes as prescribed under ASC 740 and has done so for the three and six months ended March 31, 2024.