Income Taxes	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Note 8. Income Taxes Prior to the Silver Lake Transaction, the Company was not a taxable entity. However, the Company’s wholly owned C-corporation subsidiaries were taxable entities. The Company is now a U.S. domiciled corporation. The Company’s income tax expense and balance sheet accounts reflect the results of First Advantage Corporation and its subsidiaries. In accordance with ASC 740-270, Interim Reporting, at the end of each interim period, the Company is required to determine the best estimate of its annual effective tax rate and then apply that rate in providing for income taxes on an interim period. However, in certain circumstances where the Company is unable to make a reliable estimate of the annual effective tax rate, ASC 740-270 allows the actual effective tax rate for the interim period to be used. As of June 30, 2021, the Company calculated its effective rate and applied that rate to the results for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor). The Company used this approach because it was unable to reasonably estimate its annual effective rate due to the variability of the rate as a result of small changes in forecasted income, fluctuations in annual pre-tax income and loss between quarters, and the effects of being taxed in multiple tax jurisdictions. The effective income tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor) was 44.8% and 8.1%, respectively. The Company’s effective income tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor) was higher than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21%, primarily due to the increase of the deferred income tax liability on intangibles as a result of the UK corporate income tax rate increase and U.S. state income tax expenses. The Company’s effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor) was lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21%, primarily due to the increase of the deferred income tax liability on intangibles as a result of the UK corporate income tax rate increase, foreign withholding tax and state income tax expenses on losses before provision for income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor). The Company’s effective income tax rate for the three and five months ended June 30, 2020 (Successor) was 17.6% and 18.1%, respectively, and for the period January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 (Predecessor) was 2.3%. The Company’s effective income tax rates for the three and five months ended June 30, 2020 (Successor) and the period January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 (Predecessor) were lower than the U.S. Federal statutory rate of 21.0%, primarily as a result of the foreign withholding and U.S. state income tax expenses on losses before provision for income taxes. The lower effective income tax rate for the period January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 (Predecessor) compared to the period February 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020 (Successor) and the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor) was primarily due to the change of the Company’s valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets, nondeductible transaction costs, and variations in jurisdictional earnings in the period from January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 (Predecessor).

Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Note 8. Income Taxes

Prior to the Silver Lake Transaction, the Company was not a taxable entity. However, the Company’s wholly owned C-corporation subsidiaries were taxable entities. The Company is now a U.S. domiciled corporation. The Company’s income tax expense and balance sheet accounts reflect the results of First Advantage Corporation and its subsidiaries.

In accordance with ASC 740-270, Interim Reporting, at the end of each interim period, the Company is required to determine the best estimate of its annual effective tax rate and then apply that rate in providing for income taxes on an interim period. However, in certain circumstances where the Company is unable to make a reliable estimate of the annual effective tax rate, ASC 740-270 allows the actual effective tax rate for the interim period to be used. As of June 30, 2021, the Company calculated its effective rate and applied that rate to the results for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor). The Company used this approach because it was unable to reasonably estimate its annual effective rate due to the variability of the rate as a result of small changes in forecasted income, fluctuations in annual pre-tax income and loss between quarters, and the effects of being taxed in multiple tax jurisdictions.

The effective income tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor) was 44.8% and 8.1%, respectively. The Company’s effective income tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor) was higher than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21%, primarily due to the increase of the deferred income tax liability on intangibles as a result of the UK corporate income tax rate increase and U.S. state income tax expenses. The Company’s effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor) was lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21%, primarily due to the increase of the deferred income tax liability on intangibles as a result of the UK corporate income tax rate increase, foreign withholding tax and state income tax expenses on losses before provision for income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor).

The Company’s effective income tax rate for the three and five months ended June 30, 2020 (Successor) was 17.6% and 18.1%, respectively, and for the period January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 (Predecessor) was 2.3%. The Company’s effective income tax rates for the three and five months ended June 30, 2020 (Successor) and the period January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 (Predecessor) were lower than the U.S. Federal statutory rate of 21.0%, primarily as a result of the foreign withholding and U.S. state income tax expenses on losses before provision for income taxes. The lower effective income tax rate for the period January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 (Predecessor) compared to the period February 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020 (Successor) and the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 (Successor) was primarily due to the change of the Company’s valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets, nondeductible transaction costs, and variations in jurisdictional earnings in the period from January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 (Predecessor).

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The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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