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Income Taxes | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Taxes | Income Taxes As a result of the IPO and Reorganization, the Company became the sole managing member of Alclear, which is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and most applicable state and local income tax purposes. As a partnership, Alclear is generally not subject to U.S. federal and most state and local income taxes. Any taxable income or loss generated by Alclear is passed through to and included in the taxable income or loss of its members, including us, on a pro rata basis. The Company is subject to U.S. federal income taxes, in addition to state and local income taxes with respect to our allocable share of any taxable income or loss of Alclear, as well as any stand-alone income or loss generated by the Company. The Company is also subject to income taxes in Israel. The Company reported a tax provision of $211 on a pretax loss of $37,888 for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to $10 on pretax income of $22,356 for the three months ended June 30, 2020. This resulted in an effective tax rate of (0.56)% for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to 0.04% percent for the three months ended June 30, 2020.The Company reported a tax provision of $217 on a pretax loss of $51,010 for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to $10 on a pretax loss of $28,897 for the six months ended June 30, 2020. This resulted in an effective tax rate of (0.43)% for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to (0.04)% percent for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The Company's effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate primarily due the following: (1) impact of Alclear being a partnership and it allocates its taxable results to its non-controlling members (2) movement in valuation allowance and (3) state and foreign taxes. The Company has not recorded any uncertain tax positions as of June 30, 2021. Clear Secure, Inc. was formed in March 2021 and did not engage in any operations prior to the IPO and the Reorganization. Additionally, although Alclear is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and state income taxes purposes, it is still required to file an annual U.S. Return of Partnership Income, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). The statute of limitations has expired for tax years through 2016 for Alclear. Tax Receivable Agreement The Company expects to obtain an increase in the share of the tax basis of its share of the assets of Alclear when Alclear Units are redeemed or exchanged by the continuing Alclear equity owners and other qualifying transactions. This increase in tax basis may have the effect of reducing the amounts that the Company would otherwise pay in the future to various tax authorities. The increase in tax basis may also decrease gains (or increase losses) on future dispositions of certain capital assets to the extent tax basis is allocated to those capital assets. As stated in Note 1, in connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the TRA, which generally provides for payment by the Company to the TRA Holders of 85% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax and franchise tax that Clear Secure, Inc. actually realizes or is deemed to realize as a result of (i) any increase in tax basis in Alclear’s assets resulting from (a) exchanges by the CLEAR Post-IPO Members (or their transferees or other assignees) of Alclear Units (along with the corresponding shares of our Class C common stock or Class D common stock, as applicable) for shares of the Company’s Class A common stock or Class B common stock, as applicable, and purchases of Alclear Units and corresponding shares of Class C common stock or Class D common stock, as the case may be, from the CLEAR Post-IPO Members (or their transferees or other assignees) or (b) payments under the TRA, and (ii) tax benefits related to imputed interest deemed arising as a result of payments made under the TRA. The Company will retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of these net cash savings. The TRA liability is calculated by determining the tax basis subject to TRA (“tax basis”) and applying a blended tax rate to the basis differences and calculating the iterative impact. The blended tax rate consists of the U.S. federal income tax rate and an assumed combined state and local income tax rate driven by the apportionment factors applicable to each state. Subsequent changes to the measurement of the TRA liability are recognized in the statements of operations as a component of other income (expense), net. As of June 30, 2021, the Company did not record a liability from the TRA.

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