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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
Income Tax Provision
Our income tax expense or benefit is not always directly correlated to the amount of pre-tax income or loss for the associated period due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the impact of tax credits and permanent differences. Historically, the Company's income tax provision for quarterly interim periods was based on an estimated annual effective income tax rate, adjusted for the effect of discrete items arising in that quarter. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026, the Company utilized the discrete effective tax rate method, as allowed by ASC Subtopic 740- 270, Income Taxes—Interim Reporting, to calculate its interim income tax provision. The discrete method is applied when the use of the estimated annual effective tax rate is impractical because it is not possible to reliably estimate the annual effective tax rate. The discrete method treats the year-to-date period as if it were the annual period and determines the income tax expense or benefit on that basis. The Company believes that use of the discrete method is more appropriate than the estimated annual effective tax rate method because the significant impact of expected energy efficiency tax credits for the current fiscal year prevents the Company from reliably estimating its annual effective tax rate.
We recognized income tax benefit of $6.3 million and $22.4 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026, compared to income tax benefit of $2.2 million and $0.8 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025. Income tax benefit for the nine months ended June 30, 2026 was primarily driven by income tax benefit on loss from operations and energy efficiency tax credits generated from closings during the current fiscal year, partially offset by permanent differences and stock-based compensation activity in the period. Income tax benefit for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily driven by energy efficiency tax credits generated from expected closings during the current fiscal year and stock-based compensation activity in the period, partially offset by income tax expense on earnings from continuing operations and permanent differences.
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The Company continues to evaluate its deferred tax assets each period to determine if a valuation allowance is required based on whether it is more likely than not that some portion of these deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of June 30, 2026, management concluded that it is more likely than not that all of our federal and certain state deferred tax assets will be realized. As part of our analysis, we considered both positive and negative factors that impact profitability and whether those factors would lead to a change in the estimate of our deferred tax assets that may be realized in the future. At this time, our conclusions on the valuation allowance and Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and Section 383 limitations related to our deferred tax assets remain consistent with the determinations we made during the period ended September 30, 2025, and such conclusions are based on similar company specific and industry factors to those discussed in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements within our 2025 Annual Report.