income taxes on a current year-to-date basis, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are noted in the relevant
period. In accordance with the authoritative guidance for accounting for income taxes in interim periods, the Company computed its income tax provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 based upon the AETR.
The (benefit from) provision for income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 is $(25.5) million and
$2.8 million, respectively, based on pretax loss of $(173.7) million and $(9.3) million, respectively. The effective tax rate is 14.7% and (30.1)% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The tax benefit for the
nine months ended September 30, 2024 is primarily due to the effects related to the Companys mix of earnings, discrete tax associated with changes in uncertain tax positions, and the effects of jurisdictions where tax benefits cannot be
recognized as a result of valuation allowances. For the same period in 2023, the tax provision is primarily due to the effects related to the jurisdictional mix of earnings and discrete tax expense associated with changes in uncertain tax positions,
offset by a discrete tax benefit associated with a tax rate change in the UK.
The Companys effective tax rate differs from the U.S.
federal statutory rate primarily due to state and local income taxes, withholding taxes in foreign jurisdictions that are not based on net income, income subject to tax in foreign jurisdictions which differ from the U.S. federal statutory income tax
rate, and jurisdictions where no tax benefit can be recognized as a result of valuation allowances.
Any tax balances reflected on the
September 30, 2024 balance sheet will be adjusted accordingly to reflect the actual financial results for the year ending December 31, 2024.
The Companys operations included as part of Olympus are subject to taxation in the U.S. and various state and foreign jurisdictions. As
of September 30, 2024, with few exceptions, the Company is subject to review by U.S. federal taxing authorities for 2020 and subsequent years and, with few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to examination by state and local income
tax authorities for periods prior to 2020.
As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had unrecognized tax
benefits of $48.8 million and $42.5 million, respectively, for which we are unable to make a reasonable and reliable estimate of the period in which these liabilities will be settled with the respective tax authorities.
The Company records valuation allowances against its net deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that all, or a portion, of a
deferred tax asset will not be realized. The Company evaluates the realizability of its deferred tax assets by assessing the likelihood that its deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company evaluates the realizability of its deferred tax
assets by assessing the likelihood that its deferred tax assets will be recovered based on all available positive and negative evidence, including historical results, reversals of deferred tax liabilities, estimates of future taxable income, tax
planning strategies and results of operations.
Other Matters
On August 16, 2022, the United States enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). The IRA, in addition to other
provisions, creates a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) on adjusted financial statement income for applicable corporations. The CAMT is effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2022. For the nine months ended
September 30, 2024 and the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company is not subject to CAMT and will continue to assess the potential tax effects of the CAMT on the Companys consolidated financial statements.
In December 2022, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
proposed Global Anti-Base Erosion Rules, which provides for changes to numerous long-standing tax principles including the adoption of a global minimum tax rate of 15% for multinational enterprises (GloBE rules). Various jurisdictions
have adopted or are in the process of enacting legislation to adopt GloBE rules and other countries are expected to adopt GloBE rules in the future. While changes in tax laws in the various countries in which the Company operates can negatively
impact the Companys results of operations and financial position in future periods, the Companys impact related to the adoption of GloBE rules, effective January 1, 2024, was not material to the Companys consolidated financial
position. The Company will continue to monitor legislative and regulatory developments in this area.
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