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Note I - Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

Note I - Income Taxes

 

The income tax provision was $1.9 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.  The provision for income taxes resulted in an effective income tax rate of 75.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 14.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2022.  

 

The income tax provision was $1.6 million and $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.  The provision for income taxes resulted in an effective income tax rate of 79.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 13.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.  

 

 

Harte Hanks, or one of our subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal, U.S. state, and foreign jurisdictions. For U.S. state returns, we are no longer subject to tax examinations for tax years prior to 2017. For U.S. federal and foreign returns, we are no longer subject to tax examinations for tax years prior to 2017.

 

We have elected to classify any interest expense and penalties related to income taxes within income tax expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. We did not have a significant amount of interest or penalties accrued at September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022.