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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Note 12 — Income Taxes
Effective Tax Rate
The Company is a corporation and is subject to U.S. federal income tax. The Company uses an estimated annual effective tax rate for purposes of determining the income tax provision during interim reporting periods. In calculating the estimated annual effective tax rate, the Company considers forecasted annual pre-tax income and estimated permanent book versus tax differences. Adjustments to the effective tax rate and other income tax related estimates could occur during the year as information and assumptions change which could include, but are not limited to, changes to forecasted amounts, estimates of permanent book versus tax differences, and changes to tax laws and rates. The effective U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was 25.0% and 27.5%, respectively. The Company is subject to the Texas Margin Tax, which requires tax payments at a maximum statutory effective rate of 0.75% on the taxable margin of each taxable entity that does business in Texas.
Tax Attributes
Historically, utilization of a portion of the Company's net operating loss carryforwards has been subject to limitations of utilization under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“Section 382”), as amended. The Company incurred an ownership change, triggering another Section 382 loss limitation, during the three months ended June 30, 2023.
As the Company continues to experience increasing profits and no longer has a trailing 3-year cumulative taxable loss, we currently believe that it is more likely than not to fully utilize all deferred tax assets including those associated with the net operating loss carry-forward. Accordingly, the Company released all valuation allowances previously recorded resulting in a discrete tax benefit for the period ended September 30, 2023.
Other Tax Matters
Total income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2025 differed from amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal statutory tax rates to pre-tax income or loss primarily due to the beneficial impact of equity compensation which vested during the first quarter of 2025. Tax expense for the second quarter of 2024 was impacted by state income taxes as well as certain non-deductible expenses.
The Company qualified for federal government assistance through employee retention credit ("ERC") provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. As previously reported, the Company filed amended tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") claiming a refund of certain payroll taxes from 2020 and 2021. As of June 30, 2025, the Company has received a portion of the total claim in cash payments and recognized this amount in Other income within the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Company has not recognized any receivable for the remaining claimed amount and plans to record the impact of such claims in the period refunds are received.
The Company is subject to the following material taxing jurisdictions: the United States and Texas. As of June 30, 2025, the Company has no current tax years under audit. The Company remains subject to examination for federal income taxes and state income taxes for tax years 2021 through 2024.
The Company has evaluated all tax positions for which the statute of limitations remains open and believes that the material positions taken would more likely than not be sustained upon examination. Therefore, as of June 30, 2025, the Company had not established any reserves for, nor recorded any unrecognized benefits related to, uncertain tax positions.