Company: ALIT
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-037820
Chunk: 88

Company: Alight, Inc. / Delaware
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 88
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5 as compared to loss from continuing operations before taxes of $150 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024. The increase in loss was primarily attributable to the $983 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge, the non-operating fair value remeasurements of financial instruments and the tax receivable agreement, partially offset by lower selling, general and administrative expenses, lower interest expense as a result of the debt pay down and other income recorded in conjunction with the TSA entered into with the purchaser of the Divested Business.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Income tax benefit was $6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to an income tax benefit of $25 million for the prior year period. The effective tax rate of 1% for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was lower than the 21% U.S. statutory corporate income tax rate primarily due to the Company’s non-deductible expenses, tax credits, changes in valuation allowance, and certain non-recurring items including non-deductible goodwill impairment. The effective tax rate of 17% for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was lower than the 21% U.S. statutory corporate income tax rate primarily due to the Company’s non-deductible expenses, tax credits, and changes in valuation allowance. See Note 7 “Income Taxes” within the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures is used to enhance our management and stakeholders understanding of certain aspects of our financial performance. This discussion is not meant to be considered in isolation, superior to, or as a substitute for the directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Management also uses supplemental non-GAAP financial measures to manage and evaluate the business, make planning decisions, allocate resources and as performance measures for Company-wide bonus plans. These key financial measures provide an additional view of our operational performance over the long-term and provide useful information that we use in order to maintain and grow our business.

The measures referred to as “adjusted”, have limitations as analytical tools, and such measures should not be considered either in isolation or as a substitute for net income or other methods of analyzing our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of the limitations are: 

•Measure does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs or contractual commitments; 

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•Measure does not reflect our interest expense