Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The components of income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2024 are as follows:


		Year Ended December 31,
		2024
Current
Federal	$	—
State		41
Total income taxes	$	41

Schedule of Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The following table represents a reconciliation of income tax expense (benefit) at the statutory federal income tax rate to the actual income tax expense from continuing operations:


		Year Ended December 31,
		2024					2023
		Amount		Tax Rate			Amount		Tax Rate
Loss before income taxes	$	(101,454	)			$	(54,738	)
Tax expense at statutory rate		(21,305	)	21.0	%		(11,495	)	21.0	%
Increases (reductions) in taxes resulting from:
Loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest		(1,478	)	1.5			(225	)	0.4
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities		—		—			70		(0.1	)
Change in fair value of derivative liability		—		—			(955	)	1.7
Change in preferred dividend		943		—			—		—
Change in prepaid expenses		(529	)	—			—		—
Change in valuation allowance		(613	)	0.6			952		(1.7	)
Unrecognized benefit from LLC flow thru structure		21,269		(21.0	)		11,667		(21.3	)
State income taxes, net of federal income tax expense		41		—			—		—
Other adjustments, net		1,713		(1.7	)		(14	)	—
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	41		0.4	%	$	—		—

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The principal components of our net deferred tax assets were as follows:


		December 31,
		2024			2023
Deferred tax assets
Net operating loss carryforward	$	2,631		$	634
Interest Expense		987			558
Start Up Cost		638			679
Outside basis difference on investment in LGM Enterprises, LLC (a)		9,660			12,963
Warrant liability		443			—
Other, net		(139	)		—
Total deferred tax assets		14,220			14,834
Valuation allowance		(14,220	)		(14,834	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	—		$	—

(a)

The Company's deferred tax asset for the investment in partnership relates to the excess outside tax basis over financial reporting outside basis in LGM Enterprises, LLC, which is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.