Income Taxes |
3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2025 | |
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |
Income Taxes | Note 5. Income taxes The Company’s effective tax rates were approximately 4.9% and 20.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company’s federal income tax returns for the 2021 through 2024 tax years are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). Management does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material change to the results of operations or financial condition of the Company as a result of any unrecognized tax benefits. No statutes of limitation have been extended on any of the Company’s federal income tax filings. The statute of limitations on the Company’s 2021 through 2024 federal income tax returns were set to expire on October 15, 2025 through 2028, respectively. The Company’s state income tax returns for the 2021 through 2024 tax years remain subject to examination by various state authorities with the latest closing period on October 31, 2028. The Company is not currently under examination by any state authority for income tax purposes and no statutes of limitation for state income tax filings have been extended. Our income tax expense, deferred tax assets and liabilities, and liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits reflect management’s best estimate of current and future taxes to be paid. Significant judgments and estimates are required in the determination of the consolidated income tax expense. Deferred income taxes arise from temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements, which will result in taxable or deductible amounts in the future. In evaluating our ability to recover our deferred tax assets in the jurisdiction from which they arise, we consider all available positive and negative evidence, including scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations. In projecting future taxable income, we begin with historical results and incorporate assumptions about the amount of future state and federal pretax operating income adjusted for items that do not have tax consequences. The assumptions about future taxable income require the use of significant judgment and are consistent with the plans and estimates we are using to manage the underlying businesses. A valuation allowance is established when necessary to reduce deferred income tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized. Based upon the analysis performed as of March 31, 2025, management believes that it is more likely than not that the benefit from net operating loss ("NOL") carryforwards and other deferred tax assets will not be realized. Accordingly, management concluded to record a valuation allowance of $1,648,289 on the deferred tax assets and no deferred tax expense in the three months ended March 31, 2025. A valuation allowance was recorded as of December 31, 2024 for $1,776,596. As of December 31, 2024, federal income tax NOL carryforwards were $9,456,000 and state NOL carryforwards were $3,698,000. |