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Income Taxes
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
As a part of the Up-C structure, Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. owns a portion of CWAN Holdings, which contains all operations of the business and is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and most applicable state and local income tax purposes. As a partnership, CWAN Holdings is generally not subject to U.S. federal, state, and local income taxes. Any taxable income or loss generated by CWAN Holdings is passed through to and included in the taxable income or loss of its members in accordance with the terms of the operating agreement of CWAN Holdings. CWAN Holdings’ international wholly-owned subsidiaries are subject to taxes in foreign jurisdictions.

The Company is taxed as a corporation and pays corporate federal, state, and local taxes on income allocated to it from CWAN Holdings based on the Company’s economic interest held in CWAN Holdings. While the Company consolidates CWAN Holdings for financial reporting purposes, the Company will not be taxed on the earnings attributed to the non-controlling interests. As a result, the income tax burden on the earnings attributed to the non-controlling interest is not reported by the Company in its condensed consolidated financial statements.
Our tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimated annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items arising in the applicable quarter. In each quarter, we update the estimated annual effective tax rate and make a year-to-date adjustment to the provision. The estimated annual effective tax rate may be subject to significant volatility due to several factors, including our ability to accurately predict the proportion of our pretax income in multiple jurisdictions, certain book-tax differences, the effects of business combinations, and exchanges from non-controlling interests.
The following table provides details of the provision for (benefit from) income taxes:
Three Months Ended
June 30,		Six Months Ended
June 30,
2025202420252024
Income (loss) before income taxes$(26,498)$355 $(18,012)$2,492 
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes(2,347)79 (797)(19)
Effective tax rate8.9%22.3%4.4%(0.8%)
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company’s effective tax rate was different than the statutory rate primarily because of foreign taxes and non-deductible equity-based compensation, offset by tax credits, windfalls from equity-based compensation deductions, as well as the portion of pretax earnings that are attributable to the non-controlling interest and not taxable to the Company. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company’s effective tax rate was different than the statutory rate primarily because of foreign taxes, non-deductible equity-based compensation, the generation of tax credits and incentives, and the valuation allowance on U.S. deferred tax assets.
On July 4, 2025, the U.S. President signed into law “An Act to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Tile II of H. Con. Res. 14” (the “Tax Reform Act of 2025”), also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The new federal tax legislation includes numerous changes to U.S. corporate income tax law, including but not limited to: permanent 100% bonus depreciation for qualified property, immediate expensing of domestic research and experimental expenditures, modifications to the limitation on business interest expense, and changes to the international tax regime. Most provisions are effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, with certain transition rules and exceptions.
The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of the Tax Reform Act of 2025 on its consolidated financial statements, and the full effects of the Tax Reform Act of 2025 are not yet known. Any material effects of the new law, including remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities and changes to current and future tax expense, will be reflected in the period of enactment and in future periods as additional guidance is issued and the Company completes its analysis.
Tax Receivable Agreement Liability
In connection with the IPO and related transactions, we entered into a TRA that provided for the payment by us of 85% of the amount of any tax benefits that we actually realize, or in some cases are deemed to realize, as a result of (i) increases in our share of the tax basis in the net assets of CWAN Holdings resulting from any redemptions or exchanges of CWAN Holdings units, (ii) tax basis increases attributable to payments made under the TRA, and (iii) deductions attributable to imputed interest and bonus payments pursuant to the TRA Bonus Agreements (the “TRA Payments”).
On November 4, 2024, the Company entered into the TRA Amendment which amended the TRA to provide for one-time settlement payments in a gross amount of approximately $72.5 million. The settlement payments were made in the last quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025. The Company has no further payment obligations (past, current, or future) to the TRA Parties under the TRA.