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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
The income tax expense was $0.1 million and income tax benefit was $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The provision for income taxes resulted in a negative effective tax rate of 2.5% for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and a positive 18.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The effective income tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 differs from the federal statutory rate of 21%, primarily due to the U.S. state income taxes and the impact of income earned in foreign jurisdictions.
The income tax benefit was $0.3 million and $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The provision for income taxes resulted in a positive effective tax rate of 4.3% for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and a positive 28.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 differs from the federal statutory rate of 21%, primarily due to the U.S. state income taxes and the impact of income earned in foreign jurisdictions.
Harte Hanks, or one of our subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal, U.S. state, and foreign jurisdictions. For U.S. state, federal and foreign returns, we are no longer subject to tax examinations for years prior to 2020. The Company has reviewed all of its tax positions in order to determine whether all, a portion, or none of any related tax benefit should be recognized and has not identified or recorded any ASC 740-10 reserve.
We have elected to classify any interest expense and penalties related to income taxes within income tax expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. We did not have a significant amount of interest or penalties accrued at June 30, 2026 or December 31, 2025.