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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Note 9 - Income Taxes
The provision for income taxes for interim periods is determined using an estimate of the Company’s annual effective tax rate as prescribed under ASC 740 “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Any changes to the estimated annual effective tax rate are recorded in the interim period in which the changes occur.
The estimated annual effective tax rate is subject to significant volatility due to several factors, including changes in the forecasted pre-tax income (loss) and income tax (expense) benefit, realizability of deferred tax assets, intercompany transactions, foreign currency gain (loss), mergers and acquisitions, jurisdictional footprints, and changes in the Company’s business operations. In addition, the effective tax rate’s volatility depends on the amount of pre-tax income (loss). For example, the impact of non-taxable, non-deductible, and discrete items on the effective tax rate is greater when the pre-tax income (loss) is smaller.
The Company recorded an income tax expense of $2.6 million and $64.6 million for three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. For 2026, the Company’s effective tax rate is expected to be a large negative percentage due to the Company’s pre-tax loss and income tax expense items that are not analogous to pre-tax loss, such as foreign withholding taxes, non-deductible interest expense, and change in valuation allowance. The effective tax rate may vary significantly throughout the year depending on the changes in the pre-tax income (loss).