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6. INCOME TAXES The Company’s effective income tax rate for the three-months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was 102.0% and (6.2%), respectively. The significant change in the effective income tax rate was primarily due to the Company’s projections for pre-tax book income in 2022, the effects of tax amortization on indefinite lived intangibles in 2022, valuation allowances, and certain permanent differences between tax and financial reporting purposes. The Company expects that it will reverse the tax benefit that was booked, as of March 31, 2022, in future interim periods as pre-tax book income offsets the year-to-date, pre-tax loss.
The Company continues to assess the realizability of deferred tax assets (“DTAs”) and concluded that it has not met the “more likely than not” threshold. As of March 31, 2022, the Company continues to provide a valuation allowance against its DTAs that cannot be offset by existing deferred tax liabilities. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 740 (“ASC 740”), this assessment has taken into consideration the jurisdictions in which these DTAs reside. The valuation allowance against DTAs has no effect on the actual taxes paid or owed by the Company.
In the future, if it is determined that we meet the “more likely than not” threshold of utilizing our deferred tax assets as required under ASC 740, we may reverse some or all of our valuation allowance. We will continue to evaluate the need for the valuation allowance during each interim period in 2022. Should we continue on our trend of improving net income results in recent years, absent any unforeseen impact to our operations, we expect that the valuation allowance could be reversed by the end of 2022. Such valuation allowance and its potential reversal has no impact on the actual income taxes paid or the Company’s financial situation.
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