Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

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.

As a result of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Company must amortize amounts paid or incurred for specified research and development expenditures, including software development expenses, ratably over 60 months, beginning at the mid-point of the tax year in which the expenditures are paid or incurred.

The effective tax rates for the three-months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were 20.1% and 21.8%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2024 differs from the statutory tax rate primarily due to the effect of state income taxes, tax credits and certain nondeductible expenses. The effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2023 differs from the statutory tax rate primarily due to higher state taxes as a result of a taxable gain recognized from the sale of the Company’s King Air aircraft.