Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

3. Income Taxes

The Company will continue to assess all available evidence during future periods to evaluate any changes to the realization of its deferred tax assets. If the Company were to determine that it would be able to realize additional state deferred tax assets in the future, it would make an adjustment to the valuation allowance which would reduce the provision for income taxes.

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act amended §174 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to require that amounts paid or incurred for specified research or experimental expenditures, including software development expenses, be amortized ratably over 60 months for tax years beginning after 2021. Under the law change, research and experimental expenditures may no longer be deducted. The Company may no longer elect an amortization period 60 months or greater beginning when benefits are first realized. The Company must now amortize these expenses beginning at the mid-point of the tax year in which the expenditures are paid or incurred.

The effective tax rate for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023 was 19.6% and differs from the statutory tax rate primarily due to an increased R&D credit, as well as permanent items and state taxes.

The effective tax rate for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022 was 21.4% and differs from the statutory tax rate primarily due to permanent items and state taxes.

The effective tax rate for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023 was 21.4% and differs from the statutory tax rate primarily due to an increased R&D credit, as well as permanent items and state taxes.

The effective tax rate for the six-month period ended March 31, 2022 was 21.4% and differs from the statutory tax rate primarily due to permanent items and state taxes.