Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

13. Income Taxes

The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $0.2 million during the three months ended December 31, 2023. The tax benefit for the three months ended December 31, 2023 was primarily driven by the pre-tax loss from operations during the period. The pre-tax loss benefit is offset by a $0.5 million stock compensation shortfall expense for tax deductions that are lower than the associated book compensation expense and a $0.7 million expense related to a valuation allowance on beginning of year U.S. state deferred tax assets. Additionally, the tax benefit for the three months ended December 31, 2023 was reduced by $2.6 million due to a partial valuation allowance recorded against the current year U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets.

The Company’s tax rate on the loss from operations is lower than statutory rates because the Company is not providing a full tax benefit on U.S. losses due to a partial valuation allowance being recorded against U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets during the current year.

The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $4.6 million during the three months ended December 31, 2022. The tax benefit for the three months ended December 31, 2022 was primarily driven by a pre-tax loss from continuing operations and a $1.3 million deferred tax benefit resulting from the extension of a tax incentive in China.

The Company evaluates the realizability of its deferred tax assets by tax-paying component and assesses the need for a valuation allowance on an annual and a quarterly basis. The Company evaluates the profitability of each tax-paying component on a historical cumulative basis and a forward-looking basis in the course of performing this analysis.

The Company has generated U.S. pre-tax losses in recent years but has been in an overall deferred tax liability position where future taxable temporary differences were considered sufficient to offset future deductible temporary differences. During fiscal year 2024, the Company expects to generate a U.S. loss which will result in a partial valuation allowance against U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets. In addition to the U.S. federal and state partial valuation allowance being recorded against deferred tax assets through the estimated annual effective tax rate, the Company has also recorded $0.7 million of valuation allowances against U.S. state deferred tax assets which related to beginning of year.

The Company also maintains a valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets on certain foreign tax-paying components.

The Company has recorded net deferred tax assets in the amount of $0.9 million related to its outside basis difference in a German subsidiary as of December 31, 2023 as it is apparent that the outside basis difference will reverse within fiscal year 2024. The benefit includes $2.9 million related to deductible U.S. foreign exchange losses on the repatriation measured at the foreign exchange rate as of the balance sheet date. This benefit is offset by $2.0 million of state income taxes, net of federal benefit. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, the deferred tax asset decreased $5.2 million due to changes in foreign exchange rates. As a result, the impact was recorded against other comprehensive income.

The Company has not provided deferred income taxes on the outside basis difference of any other foreign subsidiary and maintains its general assertion of indefinite reinvestment regarding those subsidiaries and the remaining earnings of its German subsidiary as of December 31, 2023.

The Company maintains liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits. These liabilities involve judgment and estimation, and they are monitored based on the best information available. The Company recognizes interest related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of the income tax provision or benefit. The Company recognized minimal interest expense related to its unrecognized tax benefits during the three months ended December 31, 2023.

The Company is subject to U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes in various jurisdictions. The amount of income taxes paid is subject to the Company’s interpretation of applicable tax laws in the jurisdictions in which it files.

In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to income tax audits in various global jurisdictions in which it operates. The years subject to examination vary for the United States and international jurisdictions, with the earliest tax year being 2017. Based on the outcome of these examinations or the expiration of statutes of limitations for specific jurisdictions, it is reasonably possible that the related unrecognized tax benefits could change from those recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company currently anticipates that it is reasonably possible that the unrecognized tax benefits and accrued interest on those benefits will not be reduced in the next twelve months due to the statute of limitations expirations. These unrecognized tax benefits would impact the effective tax rate if recognized.