v3.25.4
INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 is listed in the following table. The Company does not conduct business outside the United States and has no foreign income or foreign tax expense.

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Current income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

7,960

 

 

$

13,847

 

 

$

(3,072

)

State

 

 

799

 

 

 

1,017

 

 

 

101

 

Total current income tax expense

 

 

8,759

 

 

 

14,864

 

 

 

(2,971

)

Deferred income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

(4,468

)

 

 

2,703

 

 

 

(2,349

)

State

 

 

(637

)

 

 

(1,907

)

 

 

(86

)

Total deferred income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

(5,105

)

 

 

796

 

 

 

(2,435

)

Total income tax expense

 

$

3,654

 

 

$

15,660

 

 

$

(5,406

)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” on a prospective basis beginning with the year ended December 31, 2025. A reconciliation of income tax expense at the U.S. federal statutory rate (21% in 2025) to the Company’s actual income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2025 is shown below.

 

 

 

2025

 

 

ETR

 

Computed at the Statutory rate

 

$

5,540

 

 

 

21.0

%

Increase (decrease) resulting from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

State and local taxes, net of federal benefit(1)

 

 

491

 

 

 

1.9

%

Tax Credits

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal tax credits

 

 

(8

)

 

 

0.0

%

PAM investments

 

 

(453

)

 

 

(1.7

)%

Non-taxable or non-deductible items

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax-exempt interest

 

 

(524

)

 

 

(2.0

)%

Non-taxable life insurance income

 

 

(1,620

)

 

 

(6.1

)%

Captive income excluded

 

 

(331

)

 

 

(1.3

)%

Transaction costs

 

 

338

 

 

 

1.3

%

Executive compensation

 

 

416

 

 

 

1.6

%

Other

 

 

436

 

 

 

1.6

%

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax interest or expense included in income

 

 

(631

)

 

 

(2.4

)%

Income tax expense

 

$

3,654

 

 

 

13.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) State taxes in Kansas made up the majority (greater than 50%) of the tax effect in this category.

 

The following table presents the required disclosures prior to our adoption of ASU 2023-09 and a reconciliation of income tax expense at the U.S. federal statutory rate (21% in 2024 and 2023) to the Company’s actual income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2024, and 2023.

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Computed at the statutory rate

 

$

16,439

 

 

$

507

 

Increase (decrease) resulting from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

State and local taxes, net of federal benefit

 

 

364

 

 

 

(517

)

Tax-exempt interest

 

 

(332

)

 

 

(412

)

Non-taxable life insurance income

 

 

(1,043

)

 

 

(852

)

Non-deductible expenses

 

 

426

 

 

 

814

 

Share-based payments

 

 

(477

)

 

 

2

 

Federal tax credits

 

 

(92

)

 

 

(3,715

)

Investments reported under proportional amortization method

 

 

(1,441

)

 

 

(1,253

)

Bargain purchase gain

 

 

(448

)

 

 

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

(1,410

)

 

 

98

 

Other

 

 

316

 

 

 

171

 

Non-deductible transactions costs

 

 

56

 

 

 

62

 

Captive insurance company

 

 

(273

)

 

 

(311

)

BOLI surrender

 

 

3,575

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

$

15,660

 

 

$

(5,406

)

Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Components of deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2025 and 2024 are shown in the table below.

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Deferred tax assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for credit losses

 

$

13,423

 

 

$

10,812

 

Tax credit carryforwards

 

 

5,137

 

 

 

635

 

Goodwill amortization

 

 

1,657

 

 

 

1,952

 

Accrued compensation

 

 

2,800

 

 

 

2,270

 

Net operating loss and attribute carryforwards

 

 

3,700

 

 

 

3,473

 

Net unrealized (gains) losses on securities and cash flow hedges

 

 

 

 

 

17,544

 

Other real estate owned

 

 

667

 

 

 

661

 

Acquired loans fair market value adjustments

 

 

2,874

 

 

 

81

 

Deferred Revenue

 

 

1,844

 

 

 

209

 

Acquired securities retained

 

 

772

 

 

 

1,114

 

Other

 

 

1,126

 

 

 

650

 

Gross deferred tax assets

 

 

34,000

 

 

 

39,401

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assumed debt fair market value adjustments

 

 

961

 

 

 

1,061

 

Depreciation

 

 

5,793

 

 

 

5,222

 

Federal Home Loan Bank stock dividends

 

 

89

 

 

 

121

 

Core deposit intangibles

 

 

4,455

 

 

 

2,644

 

Net unrealized (gains) losses on securities and cash flow hedges

 

 

2,285

 

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

704

 

 

 

684

 

Other

 

 

977

 

 

 

841

 

Gross deferred tax liabilities

 

 

15,264

 

 

 

10,573

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(752

)

 

 

(852

)

Net deferred tax asset (liability)

 

$

17,984

 

 

$

27,976

 

Summary of Income Taxes Paid (Net of Refunds Received)

The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 on a prospective basis for the year December 31, 2025 and have included the following table as a result of our adoption, which presents income taxes paid (net of refunds received) for the year ended December 31, 2025. For the years ended 2024 and 2023, income taxes paid, net of refunds was $6,195 and $3,467.

 

 

2025

 

Income taxes

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

(11,152

)

State

 

 

(174

)

Income taxes paid, net of refunds

 

$

(11,326

)