v3.26.1
Income Taxes and Related Payments
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes and Related Payments
Note 12. Income Taxes and Related Payments
APAM is subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxation on APAM’s allocable portion of Holdings’ income as well as foreign income taxes payable by Holdings’ subsidiaries. APAM’s effective tax rate was 21.0% and 20.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. APAM’s effective income tax rate was equal to the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% as the incremental impact to the rate from state and local taxes and limits on executive compensation was effectively offset by (i) a rate benefit attributable to the fact that, for the six months ended June 30, 2026, approximately 14% of Artisan Partners Holdings’ full year projected taxable earnings were attributable to other partners and not subject to corporate-level taxes and (ii) a rate benefit from tax deductible dividends paid on unvested restricted share-based awards.
Components of the provision for income taxes consist of the following:
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
2026202520262025
Current:
Federal$11,846 $8,829 $17,824 $15,765 
State and local3,209 2,513 5,139 4,613 
Foreign179 193 368 348 
Total15,234 11,535 23,331 20,726 
Deferred:
Federal9,068 11,330 18,136 20,526 
State and local1,597 1,996 3,195 3,616 
Total10,665 13,326 21,331 24,142 
Income tax expense (benefit)$25,899 $24,861 $44,662 $44,868 
In connection with the IPO, APAM entered into two tax receivable agreements (“TRAs”). The first TRA generally provides for the payment by APAM to a private equity fund (the “Pre-H&F Corp Merger Shareholder”) or its assignees of 85% of the applicable cash savings, if any, of U.S. federal, state and local income taxes that APAM actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) as a result of (i) the tax attributes of the preferred units APAM acquired in the merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Pre-H&F Corp Merger Shareholder into APAM in March 2013 and (ii) tax benefits related to imputed interest.
The second TRA generally provides for the payment by APAM to current or former limited partners of Holdings at the date of the IPO (or their assignees) of 85% of the applicable cash savings, if any, of U.S. federal, state and local income taxes that APAM actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) as a result of (i) certain tax attributes of their partnership units sold to APAM or exchanged (for shares of Class A common stock, convertible preferred stock or other consideration) and that are created as a result of such sales or exchanges and payments under the TRAs and (ii) tax benefits related to imputed interest. Under both agreements, APAM generally will retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of the applicable tax savings.
For purposes of the TRAs, cash savings of income taxes are calculated by comparing APAM’s actual income tax liability to the amount it would have been required to pay had it not been able to utilize any of the tax benefits subject to the TRAs, unless certain assumptions apply. The TRAs will continue in effect until all such tax benefits have been utilized or expired, unless APAM exercises its right to terminate the agreements or payments under the agreements are accelerated in the event that APAM materially breaches any of its material obligations under the agreements.

The actual increase in tax basis, as well as the amount and timing of any payments under these agreements, will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the timing of sales or exchanges by the holders of limited partnership units, the price of the Class A common stock at the time of such sales or exchanges, whether such sales or exchanges are taxable, the amount and timing of the taxable income APAM generates in the future and the tax rate then applicable and the portion of APAM’s payments under the TRAs constituting imputed interest or depreciable basis or amortizable basis.

Payments under the TRAs, if any, will be made pro rata among all TRA counterparties entitled to payments on an annual basis to the extent APAM has sufficient taxable income to utilize the increased depreciation and amortization charges and imputed interest deductions. Artisan expects to make one or more payments under the TRAs, to the extent they are required, prior to or within 125 days after APAM’s U.S. federal income tax return is filed for each fiscal year. Interest on the TRA payments will accrue from the due date (without extension) of such tax return until such payments are made. Amounts payable under the TRAs are estimates which may be impacted by factors, including but not limited to, expected tax rates, projected taxable income, and projected ownership levels and are subject to change. Changes in the estimates of amounts payable under tax receivable agreements are recorded as non-operating income (loss) in the unaudited consolidated statements of operations.
The change in the Company’s deferred tax assets related to the tax benefits described above and the change in corresponding amounts payable under the TRAs for the six months ended June 30, 2026, is summarized as follows:
Deferred Tax Asset - Amortizable BasisAmounts Payable Under TRAs
December 31, 2025$308,015 $303,368 
2026 Holdings Common Unit Exchanges
2,269 1,928 
Amortization(24,970)— 
Payments under TRAs— (30,322)
June 30, 2026$285,314 $274,974 
Net deferred tax assets comprise the following:
As of June 30, 2026As of December 31, 2025
Deferred tax assets:
Amortizable basis (1)
$285,314 $308,015 
Other (2)
50,484 46,687 
Total deferred tax assets335,798 354,702 
Less: valuation allowance (3)
— — 
Net deferred tax assets$335,798 $354,702 
(1) Represents the unamortized step-up of tax basis and other tax attributes from the merger and partnership unit sales and exchanges described above. These future tax benefits are subject to the TRA agreements.
(2) Represents the net deferred tax assets associated with Artisan’s investment in Holdings, related primarily to incentive compensation plan deduction timing differences. These future tax benefits are not subject to the TRA agreements.
(3) Artisan assessed whether the deferred tax assets would be realizable and determined based on its history of taxable income that the benefits would more likely than not be realized. Accordingly, no valuation allowance is required.
Accounting standards establish a minimum threshold for recognizing, and a process for measuring, the benefits of income tax return positions in financial statements. The Company’s gross liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $1.8 million as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of the income tax provision. Accrued interest on unrecognized tax benefits was $0.3 million as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, and is excluded from
gross unrecognized tax benefit. The gross unrecognized tax benefit is recorded within accounts payable, accrued expenses and other in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of financial condition.
In the normal course of business, Artisan is subject to examination by federal and certain state, local and foreign tax regulators. As of June 30, 2026, U.S. federal income tax returns filed for the years 2022 through 2024 are open and therefore subject to examination. State, local and foreign income tax returns filed are generally subject to examination from 2021 to 2024.