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Tax Credit Investments
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Investment Owned, Balance [Abstract]  
Tax Credit Investments

6. Tax Credit Investment

On February 10, 2023, the Company committed $100,000 to purchase an equity membership interest in a federal low-income housing tax credit entity. An initial payment of $20,000 was paid at closing with the remaining balance payable in quarterly installments over a five-year period beginning in fiscal 2024. The present value of such payments was $62,120 and was recorded as an increase to the initial tax credit investment asset and liability. In exchange for the total payments of $100,000, the Company expects to realize a comparable amount of tax credits and other tax benefits that will reduce its future federal income tax payments. Although the investment vehicle is considered a variable interest entity, the Company is not the primary beneficiary, and therefore, the investment is not consolidated. The Company has elected to use the practical expedient method of amortization, which approximates the proportional amortization method, to amortize the investment to income tax expense in proportion to the tax credits received over an estimated 10-year tax credit period beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. During the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, interest expense related to the accretion of the liability was $1,286 and $2,159, respectively, which was included in "Other income, net" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Included in "Income tax expense" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023 was amortization of the investment of $4,380 and $3,976, respectively, and income tax credits and other income tax benefits of $6,128 and $5,772, respectively. The carrying value of the investment is recorded in "Other assets" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The liabilities for the present value of the estimated future capital contributions are recorded in "Accrued expenses, accrued compensation and other current liabilities" and "Other non-current liabilities" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table summarizes the balances related to the investment at April 30, 2024, January 31, 2024 and April 30, 2023:

 

 

April 30,

 

January 31,

 

April 30,

 

 

2024

 

2024

 

2023

 

Other assets

$

61,834

 

$

66,214

 

$

78,143

 

Accrued expenses, accrued compensation and other current liabilities

 

13,337

 

 

10,507

 

 

5,193

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

43,122

 

 

47,293

 

 

56,459