Income Taxes |
6 Months Ended |
|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2026 | |
| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| Income Taxes | Income Taxes Provision for Income Taxes We recorded a tax benefit of $4.5 million and a tax provision of $1.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, compared to tax provisions of $5.2 million and $10.4 million for the corresponding prior year periods, respectively. The decreases in our tax provisions for both the three and six-month ended-periods were primarily attributable to stock compensation expenses recorded in 2026 upon completion of the IPO and shifts in the Company’s geographic mix of income, which unfavorably altered our estimated annual effective tax rate. Consequently, our effective tax rate shifted to 47.3% and 666.3% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, compared to 34.6% and 40.0% for the same periods in 2025, respectively. These fluctuating effective rates were heavily driven by valuation allowances on losses in certain foreign jurisdictions where tax benefits cannot currently be realized, along with the ongoing impacts of localized withholding taxes, statutory jurisdictional rate differentials, and pass-through non-controlling interests related to U.S. income taxed at the owner level. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, our income tax included the impact of a $22.5 million stock-based compensation expense related to pre-IPO stock-based awards. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, our income tax also included $0.5 million of IPO related transaction costs. Tax Receivable Agreement On April 2, 2026, the Company entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement (the “TRA”) with HMH B.V. and the Principal Stockholders. The TRA requires the Company to pay 85% of the net cash savings, if any, actually realized or deemed to be realized in certain circumstances to the Principal Stockholders in connection with U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes and franchise taxes resulting from (i) acquisitions of B.V. Voting Shares from the Principal Stockholders by the Company in connection with the IPO, (ii) the acquisition of B.V. Non-Voting Shares from the Principal Stockholders using the net proceeds from any future offering, (iii) redemptions or exchanges of B.V. Non-Voting Shares by the Principal Stockholders and the corresponding number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock for shares of the Company’s Class A common stock or cash or (iv) tax benefits related to imputed interest deemed arising as a result of payments made under the TRA. During the three months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recorded a TRA liability of $3.8 million. The Company also recorded a deferred tax liability of $2.8 million, resulting from the difference between the book and tax basis of the Company’s investment in HMH B.V. which was reflected in Additional paid-in capital in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2026.
|