| Provision for Income Taxes |
The provision for income taxes consists of the following: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | | | | 2026 | | 2025 | | 2026 | | 2025 | | | | | (in thousands) | | | Current Federal | $ | 868 | | | $ | 12,417 | | | $ | 6,102 | | | $ | 7,335 | | | | | | Current State | 2,083 | | | — | | | 4,529 | | | 2,297 | | | | | | Deferred Federal | 4,687 | | | (8,399) | | | 10,670 | | | (2,185) | | | | | | Deferred State | (1,450) | | | — | | | (2,847) | | | $ | (238) | | | | | | Income tax provision | $ | 6,188 | | | $ | 4,018 | | | $ | 18,454 | | | $ | 7,209 | | | | |
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| Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate Reconciliation |
The following table reconciles the U.S federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | | | | | | 2026 | 2025 | | 2026 | | 2025 | | | | | Amount | | % | Amount | | % | | Amount | | % | | Amount | | % | | | | | | | (in thousands) | | | Federal statutory rate | $ | 13,173 | | | 21.0 | % | $ | 4,096 | | | 21.0 | % | | $ | 24,135 | | | 21.0 | % | | $ | 10,917 | | | 21.0 | % | | | | | | | State income taxes, net of Federal benefit | 2,017 | | | 3.2 | | 932 | | | 4.8 | | | 4,478 | | | 3.9 | | | 2,593 | | | 5.0 | | | | | | | | State tax credits | (1,728) | | | (2.8) | | — | | | — | | | (2,227) | | | (1.9) | | | — | | | — | | | | | | | | Changes in tax laws in current period | 119 | | | 0.2 | | — | | | — | | | 207 | | | 0.2 | | | — | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Excess tax benefits related to share-based compensation (Note 14) | (11,591) | | | (18.4) | | (1,856) | | | (9.5) | | | (12,394) | | | (10.8) | | | (9,020) | | | (17.3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Return to provision | (1,568) | | | (2.5) | | 429 | | | 2.2 | | | (1,568) | | | (1.4) | | | 429 | | | 0.8 | | | | | | | | Changes in valuation allowance | 1,945 | | | 3.1 | | — | | | — | | | 1,945 | | | 1.7 | | | — | | | — | | | | | | | | Non-deductible executive compensation | 4,584 | | | 7.3 | | 756 | | | 3.9 | | | 5,375 | | | 4.7 | | | 3,069 | | | 5.9 | | | | | | | | Research and development tax credits | (670) | | | (1.1) | | (775) | | | (4.0) | | | (1,195) | | | (1.0) | | | (1,550) | | | (3.0) | | | | | | | | Other | (93) | | | (0.2) | | 436 | | | 2.2 | | | (302) | | | (0.3) | | | 771 | | | 1.5 | | | | | | | | Effective tax rate | 6,188 | | | 9.8 | % | 4,018 | | | 20.6 | % | | 18,454 | | | 16.1 | % | | 7,209 | | | 13.9 | % | | | | | |
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