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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $7.3 million and income tax expense of $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, resulting in an effective tax rate of 48.2% and (1.7)%, respectively.

The Company’s effective tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 differ from the statutory tax rate primarily due to the impact of the valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets and state tax expense, offset by a deferred tax benefit attributable to the partial release of the Company’s pre-existing valuation allowance related to the MANTL business combination.

The acquisition of MANTL resulted in the recognition of a net deferred tax liability of $8.8 million. See Note 3. to the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information. Prior to the business combination, MANTL had a full valuation allowance on its net deferred tax assets. The net deferred tax liability generated from the business combination is considered an additional source of income to support the realizability of the Company’s pre-existing deferred tax assets. As a result, the Company released a portion of the pre-existing valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets and recorded a provisional deferred tax benefit of $8.4 million.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the financial statement basis and tax basis of assets and liabilities given the provisions of enacted tax law. Management reviews deferred tax assets to assess their future realization by considering all available evidence, both positive and negative, to determine whether a valuation allowance is needed for all or some portion of the deferred tax assets, using a “more likely than not” standard. The assessment considers, among other matters: historical losses, a forecast of future taxable income, the duration of statutory carryback and carryforward periods, and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. As a result, the Company has established a valuation allowance against most of its deferred tax assets as realization is not reasonably assured based upon a “more likely than not” threshold. The Company reassesses the realizability of deferred tax assets regularly, and it will adjust the valuation allowance as sufficient objective positive evidence becomes available.