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Contingent Liabilities | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Contingent Liabilities | Contingent Liabilities Litigation The Company is subject to various lawsuits and other claims in the normal course of business. In addition, from time to time, the Company receives communications from government or regulatory agencies concerning investigations or allegations of noncompliance with laws or regulations in jurisdictions in which the Company operates. The Company establishes reserves for the estimated losses on specific contingent liabilities for regulatory and legal actions where the Company deems a loss to be probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. In other instances, losses are considered probable, but the Company is not able to make a reasonable estimate of the liability because of the uncertainties related to the outcome or the amount or range of potential loss. For these matters, disclosure is made when material, but no amount is reserved. The Company does not expect that the ultimate resolution of pending regulatory and legal matters in future periods will have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, balance sheets or cash flows. Regulatory Matter In October 2024, the Company received a subpoena from the Division of Enforcement of the SEC requesting documents and information related to the Company’s previously publicly announced strategic conversion of its clients from its digital Marketing Services solutions platform to its SaaS solutions platform. The Company is cooperating fully. The SEC noted that the investigation is a fact-finding inquiry and does not mean that it has concluded that anyone has violated the law. Section 199 and Research and Development Tax Case Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Tax Code”), provided for deductions for manufacturing performed in the U.S. The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) took the position that directory providers were not entitled to claim the deductions because printing vendors had already claimed the deductions. The Tax Code also grants tax credits related to research and development expenditures. The IRS also took the position that the expenditures had not been sufficiently documented to be eligible for the tax credit. The Company disagreed with the IRS's positions. The IRS challenged the Company's tax return position on both the Section 199 deduction and the tax credits. With respect to the tax years 2012 through June 2015 for the YP LLC partnership, the IRS sent 90-day notices to DexYP on August 29, 2018. In response, the Company filed three petitions (in the names of various related partners) in U.S. Tax Court challenging the IRS, and the IRS filed answers to those petitions. The three cases were consolidated by the court and were referred back to IRS Administrative Appeals for settlement negotiations, during which time the litigation was suspended. Several appeals c onferences were held. The Company settled their claim for a Section 199 deduction on favorable terms. The Company and the IRS also reached an agreement regarding additional research and development tax credits for the tax years at issue whereby the IRS allowed more tax credits than were originally claimed on the tax returns. With respect to the tax year from July to December 2015 for the Print Media LLC partnership, the Company also filed a petition in the U.S. Tax Court to challenge the IRS denial of its Section 199 deductions. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company has reserved $29.3 million and $28.3 million, respectively, in connection with the Section 199 disallowance and less than $0.1 million related to the research and development tax credit disallowance. On May 22, 2023, the Company received a draft Appeals Settlement document (“Draft Settlement”) from the IRS relating to the IRC Section 199 tax case. Once finalized, the Draft Settlement will result in a decrease in the unrecognized tax benefit recorded for this tax position. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a measurement adjustment to the uncertain tax position liability to account for the new information received from the Draft Settlement. The settlement was finalized, and with respect to the YP LLC partnership the court entered its final decision on October 22, 2024, reflecting the parties' settlement. With respect to the litigation regarding the Print Media, LLC partnership, the Company successfully applied the terms of the IRS settlement for the YP LLC partnership to the dispute regarding the Print Media LLC partnership. On March 10, 2025, the parties filed a Proposed Stipulated Decision with the court reflecting their agreement. The parties are awaiting the court to enter its final decision in that case.

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