Income Taxes |
3 Months Ended |
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| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| Income Taxes |
21. Income Taxes
The Company’s effective tax rate on continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023 differs from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to anticipated state statutory income tax rates, the projected mix of earnings or loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest not allocable to FoA, the impact of discrete tax items, and changes in the valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets.
The Company’s effective tax rate on continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 differs from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to anticipated state statutory income tax rates as well as the projected mix of earnings or loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest not allocable to FoA.
FoA is taxed as a corporation and is subject to U.S. federal, state, and local taxes on the income allocated to it from FoA Equity based upon FoA’s economic interest in FoA Equity as well as any stand-alone income it generates. FoA Equity and its disregarded subsidiaries, collectively, are treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and most applicable state and local income tax purposes. As a partnership, FoA Equity is not subject to U.S. federal and certain state and local income taxes. FoA Equity’s members, including FoA, are liable for U.S. federal, state, and local income taxes based on their allocable share of FoA Equity’s pass-through taxable income.
FoA Equity wholly owns certain corporate subsidiaries that are regarded entities for tax purposes and subject to U.S. federal, state, and local taxes on income they generate. As such, the consolidated tax provision of FoA includes corporate taxes that it incurs based on its flow-through income from FoA Equity as well as corporate taxes that are incurred by its regarded subsidiaries.
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying value of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts reported for income tax purposes. The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences attributable to those temporary differences and the expected benefits of net operating losses and carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that a portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. In making such a determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies, and recent results of operations. During the third quarter of 2022, resulting from a reduced demand for traditional mortgage products from its previously reported Mortgage Originations and Commercial Originations segments and compressed margins, the Company decided to exit those businesses. Management assessed the existing taxable temporary differences that will reverse through the course of ordinary business and concluded the Company will not more likely than not generate sufficient taxable income to utilize the current attributes, and a valuation allowance was established for the deferred tax asset in excess of deferred tax liabilities. Management also determined that the future sources of taxable income from reversing taxable temporary differences that comprise the investment in FoA Equity deferred tax liability would only be fully realized until sale of FoA's interest in FoA
Equity. Accordingly, the deferred tax liability from investment in FoA Equity has been treated as an indefinite-lived intangible and is limited by the federal net operating loss utilization rules.
Tax positions taken in tax years that remain open under the statute of limitations will be subject to examinations by tax authorities. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to state or local examinations by tax authorities for tax years ended December 31, 2018 or prior.
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