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Note 12 - Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] |
|  | For the Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |
Federal income tax (expense): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current tax benefit |  | $ | 11,536 |  |  | $ | 4,352 |
Deferred tax (expense) |  |  | (34,056 | ) |  |  | (16,623 | )
Total federal income tax (expense) |  | $ | (22,520 | ) |  | $ | (12,271 | )
Foreign income tax (expense): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current tax (expense) |  | $ | (124 | ) |  | $ | (183 | )
Deferred tax benefit |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 3 |
Total foreign income tax (expense) |  | $ | (114 | ) |  | $ | (180 | )
State and other income tax (expense): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current tax (expense) benefit |  | $ | (191 | ) |  | $ | 2,146 |
Deferred tax (expense) |  |  | (3,779 | ) |  |  | (4,355 | )
Total state and other income tax (expense) |  | $ | (3,970 | ) |  | $ | (2,209 | )
Total income tax (expense) |  | $ | (26,604 | ) |  | $ | (14,660 | )
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  | For the Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |
Statutory federal expense rate |  |  | 21.0 | % |  |  | 21.0 | %
(Decrease) increase in statutory federal tax expense rate resulting from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based compensation |  |  | (2.3 | ) |  |  | (10.5 | )
Section 162(m) of the Code executive compensation deduction limitations |  |  | 2.3 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Net interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions and unpaid tax liabilities |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Interest expense on preferred stock classified as debt for tax purposes |  |  | (2.6 | ) |  |  | (2.3 | )
Foreign taxes |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | )
State taxes, net of federal tax benefit |  |  | 3.9 |  |  |  | 2.7 |
Valuation allowances changes affecting the provision for income taxes |  |  | (1.5 | ) |  |  | (1.3 | )
Prior year provision to return reconciling items, tax effects of non-controlling interests, and other |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | (0.1 | )
Global intangible low-taxed income tax |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Effective tax expense rate |  |  | 20.6 | % |  |  | 9.8 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capitalized research and experimentation expenditures and fixed assets |  | $ | 1,612 |  |  | $ | 1,445 |
Provision for credit loss |  |  | 1,791 |  |  |  | 1,716 |
Credit card and other loans receivable fair value election differences |  |  | 54,208 |  |  |  | 70,966 |
Equity-based compensation |  |  | 1,594 |  |  |  | 1327 |
Accrued expenses |  |  | 183 |  |  |  | 156 |
Accruals for state taxes and interest associated with unrecognized tax benefits and unpaid accrued tax liabilities |  |  | 235 |  |  |  | 195 |
Federal net operating loss carry-forwards |  |  | 35,199 |  |  |  | 22,626 |
Federal credit carry-forward |  |  | 231 |  |  |  | — |
Foreign net operating loss carry-forward |  |  | 221 |  |  |  | 304 |
Other |  |  | 1,609 |  |  |  | 1056 |
State tax benefits, primarily from net operating losses |  |  | 26,550 |  |  |  | 28,796 |
Deferred tax assets, gross |  | $ | 123,433 |  |  | $ | 128,587 |
Valuation allowances |  |  | (18,729 | ) |  |  | (20,699 | )
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances |  | $ | 104,704 |  |  | $ | 107,888 |
Deferred tax (liabilities): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other |  | $ | (1,096 | ) |  | $ | (1,030 | )
Equity in income of equity-method investee |  |  | (945 | ) |  |  | (792 | )
Market discount on acquired marked discount bonds |  |  | (190,918 | ) |  |  | (155,879 | )
Deferred costs |  |  | (24 | ) |  |  | (641 | )
Deferred tax (liabilities), gross |  | $ | (192,983 | ) |  | $ | (158,342 | )
Deferred tax (liabilities), net |  | $ | (88,279 | ) |  | $ | (50,454 | )
Summary of Positions for which Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |
Balance at January 1, |  | $ | (22,692 | ) |  | $ | (605 | )
Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years |  |  | 21,983 |  |  |  | 79 |
(Additions) based on tax positions related to prior years |  |  | — |  |  |  | (11,965 | )
(Additions) based on tax positions related to the current year |  |  | (29 | ) |  |  | (10,201 | )
Balance at December 31, |  | $ | (738 | ) |  | $ | (22,692 | )

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