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Income Taxes
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
The Corporation is subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes with respect to its taxable income, including its allocable share of any taxable income of TWM LLC, and is taxed at prevailing corporate tax rates. The Company’s actual effective tax rate will be impacted by the Corporation’s ownership share of TWM LLC, which will continue to increase as Continuing LLC Owners that continue to hold LLC Interests redeem or exchange their LLC Interests for shares of Class A common stock or Class B common stock, as applicable, or the Corporation purchases LLC Interests from such Continuing LLC Owners. The Company’s consolidated effective tax rate will also vary from period to period depending on changes in the mix of earnings, tax legislation and tax rates in various jurisdictions. The Company’s provision for income taxes includes U.S., federal, state, local and foreign taxes.
The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 was approximately 25.6% and 22.2%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2024 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily due to state, local and foreign taxes and the disallowance of compensation expense tax deductions, partially offset by the effect of non-controlling interests. The effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2023 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily due to the disallowance of compensation expense tax deductions and state, local and foreign taxes, partially offset by the effect of non-controlling interests.
The Company’s effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 was approximately 24.5% and 23.4%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2024 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily due to state, local and foreign taxes and the disallowance of compensation expense tax deductions, partially offset by the effect of non-controlling interests. The effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2023 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily due to the disallowance of compensation expense tax deductions and state, local and foreign taxes, partially offset by the effect of non-controlling interests.
The Company has obtained, and expects to obtain, an increase in its share of the tax basis of the assets of TWM LLC when LLC Interests are redeemed or exchanged by Continuing LLC Owners and in connection with certain other qualifying transactions. This increase in tax basis has had, and may in the future have, the effect of reducing the amounts that the Corporation would otherwise pay in the future to various tax authorities. Pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement, the Corporation is required to make cash payments to the Continuing LLC Owners equal to 50% of the amount of U.S. federal, state and local income or franchise tax savings, if any, that the Corporation actually realizes (or in some circumstances are deemed to realize) as a result of certain future tax benefits to which the Corporation may become entitled. The Corporation expects to benefit from the remaining 50% of tax benefits, if any, that the Corporation may actually realize. See Note 7 – Tax Receivable Agreement for further details. The tax benefit has been recognized in deferred tax assets on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition.
In connection with the Reorganization Transactions, a Refinitiv entity was contributed to the Corporation, pursuant to which the Corporation received 96,933,192 LLC Interests and Refinitiv received 96,933,192 shares of Class B common stock (“Refinitiv Contribution”). As a result of the Refinitiv Contribution, the Company assumed the tax liabilities of the contributed entity and the Company was indemnified by Refinitiv for these tax liabilities assumed. During the second quarter of 2023, the contributed entity reached an audit settlement with the State of New Jersey for the tax years 2008 - 2015 and in the third quarter of 2023 paid $2.0 million in full settlement of the matter and the prior liabilities assumed. In the third quarter of 2023, Refinitiv reimbursed the Company for the $2.0 million paid to the State of New Jersey pursuant to the indemnification agreement. As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no remaining tax liabilities accrued associated with the Refinitiv Contribution.