Company: CRAI
Filing Date: 2025-07-31
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001053706-25-000020
Chunk: 36

Company: CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-07-31
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 36
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, 2025 from $62.5 million for the fiscal year-to-date period ended June 29, 2024. Within this category of expenses, there was a $1.8 million increase in legal and professional service fees, $0.9 million increase in rent expense, a $0.8 million increase in commissions to our non-employee experts, $0.6 million increase in employee compensation and fringe benefit costs, a $0.6 million increase in travel and entertainment expense, and a $0.4 million increase in miscellaneous and other fees for the fiscal year-to-date period ended June 28, 2025 as compared to the fiscal year-to-date period ended June 29, 2024.

As a percentage of revenues, selling, general and administrative expenses increased to 18.3% for the fiscal year-to-date period ended June 28, 2025 from 18.2% for the fiscal year-to-date period ended June 29, 2024. Commissions to our non-employee experts increased to 2.3% of revenues for the fiscal year-to-date period ended June 28, 2025 compared to 2.2% of revenues for the fiscal year-to-date period ended June 29, 2024.

Provision for Income Taxes. The income tax provision was $11.6 million and the ETR was 27.9% for the fiscal year-to-date period ended June 28, 2025, compared to $8.4 million and 29.3% for the fiscal year-to-date period ended June 29, 2024. The ETR for the fiscal year-to-date period ended June 28, 2025 was lower than the fiscal year-to-date period ended June 29, 2024 primarily due to the impact of state tax law changes effective for the 2025 tax year and an increased benefit related to share-based compensation and the FDII deduction. The impact of these items were partially offset by a tax reserve recognized in the estimated annual effective tax rate of fiscal 2025. The ETR for the fiscal year-to-date periods ended June 28, 2025 and June 29, 2024 were both higher than the combined federal and state statutory tax rate primarily due to nondeductible executive compensation and nondeductible meals and entertainment expenses, partially offset by the tax benefit related to share-based compensation and the FDII deduction.

Net Income. Net income increased by $9.9 million to $30