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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES INCOME TAXES
Our income tax expense was $11.3 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2026. Included in this was a net tax benefit of $1.0 million discretely related to the nine months ended June 30, 2026.
Our effective tax rate will vary based on a variety of factors. These factors include our overall profitability, the geographical mix of income before taxes and related statutory tax rate in each jurisdiction, and tax items discretely related to the period, such as tax impacts of stock compensation. We may record other benefits or expenses in the future that are specific to a particular quarter such as expiration of statutes of limitation, the completion of tax audits, or legislation that is enacted in both U.S. and foreign jurisdictions.
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law in the U.S., which contains a broad range of tax reform provisions affecting businesses such as the permanent extension of certain expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Job Act, restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain businesses provisions including the expensing of domestic research and development expenditures, and modifications to the international tax framework. The legislation has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in fiscal year 2026 and others implemented through fiscal year 2027. We have incorporated the impact of the new legislation into the year-to-date effective tax rate and continue to assess the impact on the consolidated financial statements.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is (in thousands):
Unrecognized tax benefits as of September 30, 2025
$4,312 
Increases related to:
Prior year income tax positions
Decreases related to:
Settlements(32)
Expiration of statute of limitations(143)
Unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2026
$4,146 
The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits at June 30, 2026 that, if recognized, would affect our effective tax rate was $4.0 million, after considering the impact of interest and deferred benefit items. We expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will decrease by approximately $0.6 million over the next 12 months.