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INCOME TAXES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
INCOME TAXES  
INCOME TAXES

NOTE 15—INCOME TAXES

The components of income before income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 consist of the following:

Years Ended December 31,

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

 

Domestic

$

5,008

$

17,281

$

9,984

Foreign

 

3,753

 

9,401

 

13,127

Total income before income taxes

$

8,761

$

26,682

$

23,111

The components of the 2023, 2022 and 2021 income tax provision are as follows:

Years Ended December 31,

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

 

Current:

Federal

$

1,939

$

3,840

$

2,194

State

 

421

 

929

 

617

Foreign

 

2,454

 

2,720

 

4,830

Total current provision

 

4,814

 

7,489

 

7,641

Deferred:

Federal

 

(1,860)

 

(226)

 

(786)

State

 

(243)

 

113

 

38

Foreign

 

(104)

 

(420)

 

689

Total deferred benefit

 

(2,207)

 

(533)

 

(59)

Total

$

2,607

$

6,956

$

7,582

The differences between the effective tax rates reflected in the total provision for income taxes and the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% for each of the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:

Years Ended December 31,

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

 

Tax provision computed at 21%

  

$

1,840

$

5,603

$

4,853

Nondeductible expenses

 

468

 

149

 

91

State income taxes, net of federal benefit

 

229

 

875

 

624

Tax impact of foreign operations

 

 

238

 

2,045

Valuation allowances increase (release)

 

(95)

 

(44)

 

52

Net decrease of uncertain tax positions

 

 

 

(31)

Other

 

165

 

135

 

(52)

Income tax provision

$

2,607

$

6,956

$

7,582

Effective income tax rates

 

29.8

%  

 

26.1

%  

 

32.8

%  

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

    

December 31,

 

2023

2022

Noncurrent deferred tax asset

Compensation related expenses

$

2,636

$

1,748

Foreign currency translation

 

3,069

 

3,281

U.S. foreign tax credit carryovers

 

2,705

 

2,527

Foreign net operating loss carryovers

 

2,286

 

2,129

Accruals and reserves

 

1,307

 

557

Operating lease right-of-use assets

2,500

2,080

Other

 

771

 

316

Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets

 

(3,785)

 

(3,704)

Total noncurrent deferred tax asset

 

11,489

 

8,934

Noncurrent deferred tax liability

Depreciable assets

 

(433)

 

(367)

Prepaids

 

(82)

 

(137)

Intangible assets

 

(1,370)

 

(1,235)

Investment in foreign subsidiaries

 

(2,363)

 

(2,370)

Foreign earnings distribution taxes

 

(1,461)

 

(1,224)

Foreign intangibles and reserves

 

(967)

 

(1,211)

Operating lease liabilities

(2,422)

(1,963)

Total noncurrent deferred tax liability

 

(9,098)

 

(8,507)

Net noncurrent deferred tax assets

 

2,391

 

427

Net deferred tax assets

$

2,391

$

427

A valuation allowance was established at December 31, 2023 and 2022 due to estimates of future utilization of net operating loss carryovers in the U.S. and certain foreign jurisdictions, derived primarily from acquisitions and recorded through purchase accounting. The valuation allowance at December 31, 2023 and 2022 also includes a full valuation for the Company’s foreign tax credit carryovers and foreign taxes on certain controlled foreign corporations.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had foreign net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards of approximately $10.2 million. If not utilized, these NOL carryforwards begin to expire in 2024. The Company also has a federal tax credit carryforward of approximately $2.7 million, which will begin to expire in 2026, if not utilized.

Uncertain tax positions

Benefits from tax positions should be recognized in the financial statements only when it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained upon examination by the appropriate taxing authority that would have full knowledge of all relevant information. A tax position that meets the more likely than not recognition threshold is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than fifty percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Tax positions that previously failed to meet the more likely than not recognition threshold should be recognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which that threshold is met. Previously recognized tax positions that no longer meet the more likely than not recognition threshold should be derecognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which that threshold is no longer met. It is the Company’s policy to accrue for interest and penalties related to its uncertain tax positions within income tax expense.

A tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period is as follows:

December 31,

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

 

Balance, beginning of year

$

1,715

$

1,639

$

1,569

Additions as a result of tax positions taken during the current period

 

36

 

76

 

101

Reductions as a result of tax positions taken during a prior period

 

 

 

(31)

Balance, end of year

$

1,751

$

1,715

$

1,639

We do not expect our unrecognized tax benefits to significantly change in the next twelve months.

The Company has recognized through income tax expense approximately $1.0 million of interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions. The amount of unrecognized tax benefit, if recognized, that would impact the effective tax rate is $1.8 million. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2016.