EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP Income Taxes Disclosure
Note 6. Income Taxes
The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return in the United States and various combined and separate filings in several state and local jurisdictions in a timely manner.
There were no unrecognized tax benefits, nor any accrued interest or penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits during the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. The Company believes that it has appropriate support for the income tax positions taken and to be taken on the Company’s tax returns and that the accruals for tax liabilities are adequate for all open years based on its assessment of many factors including past experience and interpretations of tax law applied to the facts of each matter. The Company’s federal and state income tax returns are open to audit under the statute of limitations for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021 through June 30, 2024 for federal tax purposes and for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2020 through June 30, 2024 for state tax purposes. To the extent the Company utilizes net operating losses (“NOLs”) generated in earlier years, such earlier years may also be subject to audit.
Income tax (expense) benefit for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 is comprised of the following (in thousands):
| June 30, 2025 |
| June 30, 2024 | |||
Current: |
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Federal | $ | (462) | $ | (898) | ||
State | (402) | (620) | ||||
Total current income tax (expense) benefit | (864) | (1,518) | ||||
Deferred: |
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Federal | 584 | 59 | ||||
State | (116) | 42 | ||||
Total deferred income tax (expense) benefit | 468 | 101 | ||||
Total income tax (expense) benefit | $ | (396) | $ | (1,417) | ||
For the year ended June 30, 2025 the Company recognized income tax expense of $0.4 million and had an effective tax rate of 21.2% compared to income tax expense of $1.4 million and an effective tax rate of 25.8% for the year ended June 30, 2024. During each of the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized an income tax benefit of $0.1 million and less than $0.1 million, respectively, related to the vesting of restricted stock awards.
The Company’s effective tax rate will typically differ from the statutory federal rate as a result of state income taxes, primarily in the states of Louisiana, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas, due to percentage depletion in excess of basis, and other permanent differences including federal tax credits expected from production on marginal natural gas wells. The following table presents the reconciliation of the Company’s income taxes calculated at the statutory federal tax rate to the income tax (expense) benefit (in thousands):
% of Income | % of Income | |||||||||||
Before | Before | |||||||||||
| June 30, 2025 |
| Income Taxes |
| June 30, 2024 |
| Income Taxes | |||||
Income tax (expense) benefit computed at the statutory federal rate: | $ | (392) | 21.0 | % | $ | (1,154) | 21.0 | % | ||||
Reconciling items: |
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Return to provision adjustments | (2) | 0.1 | % | 3 | (0.1) | % | ||||||
Depletion in excess of tax basis | 59 | (3.2) | % | 114 | (2.1) | % | ||||||
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit | (548) | 29.3 | % | (458) | 8.4 | % | ||||||
Permanent differences related to stock-based compensation and other | (58) | 3.1 | % | 80 | (1.5) | % | ||||||
State valuation allowance | 140 | (7.5) | % | — | — | % | ||||||
Marginal well credit | 408 | (21.8) | % | — | — | % | ||||||
Other | (3) | 0.2 | % | (2) | 0.1 | % | ||||||
Income tax (expense) benefit | $ | (396) | 21.2 | % | $ | (1,417) | 25.8 | % | ||||
Deferred income taxes primarily represent the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. The components of net deferred income tax assets (liabilities) recognized are as follows (in thousands):
| June 30, 2025 |
| June 30, 2024 | |||
Deferred tax assets: |
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Non-qualified stock-based compensation | $ | 599 | $ | 381 | ||
Net operating loss carry-forwards and other carry-forwards | 148 | 313 | ||||
Derivative losses | 298 | 192 | ||||
Asset retirement obligations | 4,982 | 4,427 | ||||
Other deferred tax assets | 481 | 197 | ||||
Total deferred tax assets | 6,508 | 5,510 | ||||
Deferred tax liabilities: |
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Oil and natural gas properties | (12,742) | (12,072) | ||||
Total deferred tax liabilities | (12,742) | (12,072) | ||||
Valuation allowance | — | (140) | ||||
Net deferred tax liabilities | $ | (6,234) | $ | (6,702) | ||
Evolution Petroleum OK, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, had a prior year carryforward of NOLs of $8.9 million generated during tax years 2011 through 2017. In fiscal year 2024, in conjunction with the acquisition of oil and natural gas properties in Oklahoma by Evolution Petroleum OK, Inc., a deferred tax asset was recorded for a portion of this NOL carryforward. In fiscal year 2025, the valuation allowance of $0.1 million was released.
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA"). The OBBBA makes permanent key elements of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including 100% bonus depreciation, domestic research cost expensing, and the business interest expense limitation. As the legislation was signed into law after the close of the fiscal year end, the impacts are not included in the Company’s operating results as of and for the year-end June 30, 2025 as ASC 740, “Income Taxes”, requires the effects of changes in tax rates and laws on deferred tax balances to be recognized in the period in which the legislation is enacted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the OBBBA on its consolidated financial statements, and while it does not expect it to have a material impact on its results of operations, it does expect it to provide a benefit to its cash flows from operating activities.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
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| 2025 | Sep 17, 2025 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Sep 11, 2024 | |
| 2023 | Sep 13, 2023 | |
| 2022 | Sep 14, 2022 | |
| 2021 | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| 2020 | Sep 10, 2020 | |
| 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 | |
| 2018 | Sep 10, 2018 | |
| 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 | |
| 2016 | Sep 9, 2016 | |
About Income Taxes Disclosures
The income tax disclosure reveals how much a company actually pays in taxes versus what the statutory rate would predict. Analysts focus on the effective tax rate (ETR) reconciliation, which breaks down every item driving the gap between the 21% federal rate and the company's reported ETR — including R&D credits, foreign rate differentials, and state taxes. Deferred tax assets (DTAs) and their valuation allowances signal management's confidence in future profitability: a rising allowance suggests the company doubts it can use accumulated tax benefits. Uncertain tax benefit (UTB) reserves quantify exposure to IRS challenges on aggressive positions.
Key signals to watch: sudden ETR drops without clear operational reasons, large increases in valuation allowances, growing UTB balances, and significant unremitted foreign earnings. Post-TCJA, pay attention to GILTI and BEAT provisions that affect multinational tax structures. Compare the cash taxes paid (from the cash flow statement) against the income tax provision to gauge earnings quality.