Xperi Inc. Income Taxes Disclosure
NOTE 14 – INCOME TAXES
The components of income (loss) before taxes are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|||
U.S. |
|
$ |
(75,233 |
) |
|
$ |
(31,758 |
) |
|
$ |
(142,447 |
) |
Foreign |
|
|
34,616 |
|
|
|
43,337 |
|
|
|
12,801 |
|
(Loss) income before taxes |
|
$ |
(40,617 |
) |
|
$ |
11,579 |
|
|
$ |
(129,646 |
) |
The provision for income taxes consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|||
Current: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
U.S. federal |
|
$ |
(696 |
) |
|
$ |
3,696 |
|
|
$ |
1,398 |
|
Foreign |
|
|
13,853 |
|
|
|
12,161 |
|
|
|
16,546 |
|
State and local |
|
|
310 |
|
|
|
(476 |
) |
|
|
694 |
|
Total current |
|
|
13,467 |
|
|
|
15,381 |
|
|
|
18,638 |
|
Deferred: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
U.S. federal |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
19 |
|
Foreign |
|
|
2,318 |
|
|
|
(2,748 |
) |
|
|
(8,113 |
) |
State and local |
|
|
(63 |
) |
|
|
(175 |
) |
|
|
(502 |
) |
Total deferred |
|
|
2,255 |
|
|
|
(2,933 |
) |
|
|
(8,596 |
) |
Provision for income taxes |
|
$ |
15,722 |
|
|
$ |
12,448 |
|
|
$ |
10,042 |
|
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts for income tax purposes.
The amount of valuation allowance that was released due to the changes in circumstances that affect the realizability of deferred tax assets was immaterial for the year ended December 31, 2025, and $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
December 31, |
|
|||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
||
Deferred tax assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Loss carryforward |
|
$ |
25,977 |
|
|
$ |
33,497 |
|
Research credits |
|
|
24,207 |
|
|
|
14,998 |
|
Foreign tax credits |
|
|
20,217 |
|
|
|
10,026 |
|
Accrued expenses |
|
|
15,806 |
|
|
|
16,377 |
|
Fixed and intangible assets |
|
|
1,703 |
|
|
|
6,216 |
|
Deferred revenue |
|
|
9,007 |
|
|
|
9,768 |
|
Capitalized R&D |
|
|
90,391 |
|
|
|
95,281 |
|
Lease liabilities |
|
|
6,674 |
|
|
|
8,981 |
|
Other tax credits |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,378 |
|
Other |
|
|
1,249 |
|
|
|
1,668 |
|
Gross deferred tax assets |
|
|
195,231 |
|
|
|
199,190 |
|
Valuation allowance |
|
|
(162,253 |
) |
|
|
(152,235 |
) |
Net deferred tax assets |
|
|
32,978 |
|
|
|
46,955 |
|
Deferred tax liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Fixed and intangible assets |
|
|
(21,620 |
) |
|
|
(27,391 |
) |
ROU assets |
|
|
(5,958 |
) |
|
|
(7,603 |
) |
Other |
|
|
(1,547 |
) |
|
|
(6,224 |
) |
Gross deferred tax liabilities |
|
|
(29,125 |
) |
|
|
(41,218 |
) |
Net deferred tax assets |
|
$ |
3,853 |
|
|
$ |
5,737 |
|
The need for a valuation allowance requires an assessment of both positive and negative evidence when determining whether it is more-likely-than-not that deferred tax assets are recoverable. Such assessment is required on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis. In making such assessment, significant weight is given to evidence that can be objectively verified. After considering both positive and negative evidence to assess the recoverability of the Company’s net deferred tax assets, the Company determined that it was not more-likely-than-not that it would realize its federal, certain state and certain foreign deferred tax assets. The Company intends to continue maintaining a valuation allowance on its federal deferred tax assets until there is sufficient evidence to support the reversal of all or some portion of these allowances. Release of the valuation allowance would result in the recognition of certain federal deferred tax assets and a decrease to income tax expense for the period the release is
recorded. The exact timing and amount of the valuation allowance release depends on the level of profitability that the Company is able to achieve.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had recorded deferred tax assets for the tax effects of the following gross tax loss carryforwards (in thousands):
|
|
Carry forward Amount |
|
|
Years of Expiration |
|
Federal |
|
$ |
24,742 |
|
|
2027—Indefinite |
State (post-apportionment) |
|
$ |
113,555 |
|
|
2026—Indefinite |
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had recorded deferred tax assets for the tax effects of the following gross capital loss carryforwards (in thousands):
|
|
Carry forward Amount |
|
|
Years of Expiration |
|
Federal |
|
$ |
79,033 |
|
|
2029 |
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had the following credits available to reduce future income tax expense (in thousands):
|
|
Carry forward Amount |
|
|
Years of Expiration |
|
Federal research and development credits |
|
$ |
15,709 |
|
|
2031—2045 |
State research and development credits |
|
$ |
22,530 |
|
|
Indefinite |
Foreign tax credits |
|
$ |
20,217 |
|
|
2030—2035 |
The deferred tax asset valuation allowance and changes in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|||
Balance at beginning of period |
|
$ |
152,235 |
|
|
$ |
157,595 |
|
|
$ |
111,779 |
|
Charged (credited) to expenses |
|
|
9,996 |
|
|
|
(5,051 |
) |
|
|
46,397 |
|
Charged (credited) to other accounts |
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
(309 |
) |
|
|
(581 |
) |
Balance at end of period |
|
$ |
162,253 |
|
|
$ |
152,235 |
|
|
$ |
157,595 |
|
The following is a reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate, upon the adoption of ASU 2023-09, for the year ended December 31, 2025, summarized in reporting currency and income tax rate (amounts in thousands):
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|||||
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Tax Rate |
|
||
U.S. federal statutory rate |
|
$ |
(8,529 |
) |
|
|
21.0 |
% |
State, net of federal benefit (1) |
|
|
746 |
|
|
|
(1.8 |
) |
Foreign tax effects: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Canada |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Other |
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Foreign withholding tax |
|
|
2,309 |
|
|
|
(5.7 |
) |
China |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Other |
|
|
(49 |
) |
|
|
0.1 |
|
Foreign withholding tax |
|
|
1,353 |
|
|
|
(3.3 |
) |
Costa Rica |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Foreign withholding tax |
|
|
783 |
|
|
|
(1.9 |
) |
India |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Tax holiday |
|
|
(477 |
) |
|
|
1.2 |
|
Other |
|
|
538 |
|
|
|
(1.3 |
) |
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|||||
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Tax Rate |
|
||
Ireland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Statutory tax rate difference between Ireland and U.S. |
|
$ |
(2,956 |
) |
|
|
7.3 |
% |
Changes in valuation allowance |
|
|
(2,842 |
) |
|
|
7.0 |
|
Other |
|
|
(224 |
) |
|
|
0.6 |
|
Norway |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Changes in valuation allowance |
|
|
(2,657 |
) |
|
|
6.5 |
|
Entity rationalization |
|
|
4,891 |
|
|
|
(12.0 |
) |
Other |
|
|
225 |
|
|
|
(0.6 |
) |
Panama |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Foreign withholding tax |
|
|
1,143 |
|
|
|
(2.8 |
) |
Poland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Research tax credit |
|
|
(2,521 |
) |
|
|
6.2 |
|
Other |
|
|
(531 |
) |
|
|
1.3 |
|
Puerto Rico |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Foreign withholding tax |
|
|
672 |
|
|
|
(1.7 |
) |
Turkey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Foreign withholding tax |
|
|
939 |
|
|
|
(2.3 |
) |
United Kingdom |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Statutory tax rate difference between United Kingdom and U.S. |
|
|
829 |
|
|
|
(2.0 |
) |
Changes in valuation allowance |
|
|
(591 |
) |
|
|
1.5 |
|
Research tax credit |
|
|
(436 |
) |
|
|
1.1 |
|
Other |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Other foreign jurisdictions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Other foreign withholding tax |
|
|
1,473 |
|
|
|
(3.6 |
) |
Other |
|
|
305 |
|
|
|
(0.8 |
) |
Effect of cross-border tax laws: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Global intangible low-taxed income |
|
|
4,000 |
|
|
|
(9.9 |
) |
Foreign income inclusion |
|
|
787 |
|
|
|
(1.9 |
) |
Other cross-border tax |
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
Tax credits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Foreign tax credit |
|
|
(8,825 |
) |
|
|
21.7 |
|
Research tax credit |
|
|
(7,063 |
) |
|
|
17.4 |
|
Changes in valuation allowance |
|
|
13,204 |
|
|
|
(32.5 |
) |
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Nontaxable or nondeductible items |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
3,754 |
|
|
|
(9.2 |
) |
Executive compensation limitation |
|
|
508 |
|
|
|
(1.3 |
) |
Cancellation of debt |
|
|
5,278 |
|
|
|
(13.0 |
) |
Partnership income |
|
|
2,423 |
|
|
|
(6.0 |
) |
Entity rationalization |
|
|
7,536 |
|
|
|
(18.6 |
) |
Other |
|
|
(279 |
) |
|
|
0.7 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
15,722 |
|
|
|
(38.7 |
)% |
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, income tax expense differed from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate to income (loss) before income taxes as a result of the following (in thousands):
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|||||
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
||
U.S. federal statutory rate |
|
$ |
2,432 |
|
|
$ |
(27,226 |
) |
State, net of federal benefit |
|
|
501 |
|
|
|
532 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
5,390 |
|
|
|
6,758 |
|
Executive compensation limitation |
|
|
560 |
|
|
|
1,911 |
|
Research tax credit |
|
|
(3,998 |
) |
|
|
(6,983 |
) |
Foreign withholding tax |
|
|
11,051 |
|
|
|
12,811 |
|
Restructuring and transaction costs |
|
|
1,394 |
|
|
|
649 |
|
Divestiture-related activity |
|
|
5,339 |
|
|
|
(26,915 |
) |
Foreign rate differential |
|
|
(10,651 |
) |
|
|
(7,354 |
) |
Foreign tax credit |
|
|
(10,338 |
) |
|
|
(10,124 |
) |
Change in valuation allowance |
|
|
5,412 |
|
|
|
50,314 |
|
Effect of cross-border tax laws |
|
|
2,580 |
|
|
|
10,151 |
|
Unrecognized tax benefits |
|
|
(238 |
) |
|
|
746 |
|
Change in estimates |
|
|
3,387 |
|
|
|
3,844 |
|
Change in other comprehensive income |
|
|
(826 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Non-deductible expense |
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Others |
|
|
269 |
|
|
|
928 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
12,448 |
|
|
$ |
10,042 |
|
At December 31, 2025, the Company asserts that it will not permanently reinvest its foreign earnings outside the United States. The Company anticipates that the cash from its foreign earnings may be used domestically to fund operations or used for other business needs. The accumulated undistributed earnings generated by its foreign subsidiaries was approximately $16.9 million. Substantially all of these earnings will not be taxable upon repatriation to the United States since they will be treated as previously taxed earnings and profits. The U.S. state income taxes and foreign withholding taxes related to the distributable cash of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are not expected to be material.
The following table summarizes the total unrecognized tax benefits and the amounts of which that would affect the effective tax rate upon recognition of such as of December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):
|
|
December 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|||
Total unrecognized tax benefits |
|
$ |
15,526 |
|
|
$ |
15,376 |
|
|
$ |
23,587 |
|
Amount affecting the effective tax rate upon recognition of unrecognized tax benefits |
|
$ |
1,130 |
|
|
$ |
1,198 |
|
|
$ |
9,592 |
|
The reconciliation of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|||
Total unrecognized tax benefits at January 1 |
|
$ |
15,376 |
|
|
$ |
23,587 |
|
|
$ |
19,354 |
|
Changes due to separation, mergers, and dispositions |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(6,858 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Increases for tax positions related to the current year |
|
|
1,203 |
|
|
|
2,009 |
|
|
|
4,070 |
|
Increases for tax positions related to prior years |
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
961 |
|
Decreases for tax positions related to prior years |
|
|
(1,157 |
) |
|
|
(3,395 |
) |
|
|
(798 |
) |
Total unrecognized tax benefits at December 31 |
|
$ |
15,526 |
|
|
$ |
15,376 |
|
|
$ |
23,587 |
|
It is the Company’s policy to classify accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the provision for income taxes. For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, we recognized interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits of $0.1 million, an immaterial amount, and $0.3 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, accrued interest and penalties were $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively.
The following table summarizes the disaggregation of income taxes paid by jurisdiction, net of refunds received, pursuant to the disclosure requirements of ASU 2023-09 (in thousands):
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|
|
|
2025 |
|
|
U.S. federal |
|
$ |
— |
|
State and local |
|
|
(567 |
) |
Foreign |
|
|
|
|
Canada |
|
|
2,244 |
|
China |
|
|
1,818 |
|
Costa Rica |
|
|
896 |
|
India |
|
|
1,274 |
|
Panama |
|
|
1,161 |
|
Poland |
|
|
(699 |
) |
Puerto Rico |
|
|
957 |
|
United Kingdom |
|
|
3,036 |
|
All other foreign jurisdictions |
|
|
2,905 |
|
Income taxes paid, net of refunds received |
|
$ |
13,025 |
|
The Company paid $19.1 million and $21.3 million for income tax, net of refunds received, for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
With few exceptions, the Company’s 2021 through 2025 tax years are open to examination in the United States, any net operating losses or credits that were generated in prior years, but not yet fully utilized in a year that is closed under the statute of limitations, may also be subject to examination.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 26, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Mar 1, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 6, 2023 | |
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.