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Table of Contents beginning on or after January 1, 2026. In addition, the authorities in these jurisdictions could review our tax returns and impose additional tax, interest, and penalties, and the authorities could claim that various withholding requirements apply to us or our subsidiaries or assert that benefits of tax treaties are not available to us or our subsidiaries, any of which would harm us and our results of operations. Our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be adversely affected if we are required to collect sales or other related taxes for subscriptions to our models, platform, and applications in jurisdictions where we have not historically done so. We collect sales tax in a number of jurisdictions. Sales, use, value added, digital service, and similar tax laws and rates vary by jurisdiction. One or more states or countries may seek to impose incremental or new sales, use, or other tax collection obligations on us. A successful assertion by a state, country, or other jurisdiction that we should have been or should be collecting additional sales, use, or other taxes could, among other things, result in substantial tax payments, create significant administrative burdens for us, discourage potential customers from subscribing to our models, platform, and applications due to the incremental cost of any such sales or other related taxes, or otherwise harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Further, certain jurisdictions in which we operate have enacted a digital services tax, which is generally a tax on gross revenue generated from users or customers located in those jurisdictions, and other jurisdictions are considering enacting similar laws. Any successful action by taxing authorities to compel us to collect and remit sales, use, value added, digital service, and similar tax laws, either retroactively, prospectively, or both, may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited. We have incurred substantial net operating losses (“NOLs”) during our history. In general, under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), a corporation that undergoes an “ownership change” is subject to annual limitations on its ability to utilize its pre-change U.S. federal NOL carryforwards and certain other tax attributes, including tax credit carryforwards, to offset its future taxable income or tax liabilities. For these purposes, an ownership change generally occurs if the percentage of a corporation’s stock (by value) owned by one or more “5-percent shareholders” increases by more than 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period. We have experienced ownership changes in the past, and we may experience ownership changes in the future, including as a result of this offering or subsequent shifts in our stock ownership, some of which may be outside our control. NOLs and other tax attributes of companies we have acquired are, and of companies we may acquire may be, subject to similar limitations. Similar provisions of state tax law and the tax laws of non-U.S. jurisdictions may also limit our ability to utilize state and non-U.S. NOL carryforwards and other tax attributes. In addition, certain states, including California, have suspended or otherwise limited the use of NOL carryforwards and other tax attributes, which could accelerate or permanently increase our state income tax liabilities. Separately, under current law, U.S. federal NOLs arising in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 may be used to offset only 80% of taxable income in any year, whether or not an ownership change occurs. As a result of the foregoing, even if we attain profitability, we may be unable to use all or a material portion of our NOLs and other tax attributes, which could adversely affect our future cash flows and results of operations. Our corporate structure and intercompany arrangements are subject to the tax laws of multiple jurisdictions, and we could be required to pay additional taxes, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. As we continue to expand our non-U.S. operations, we are, and may increasingly be, required to report taxable income in various jurisdictions around the world based on our business activities in those jurisdictions. Our corporate structure and associated transfer pricing policies reflect the functions, risks, and assets of the entities involved in our intercompany transactions. However, our tax position is subject to various risks, including increases in tax rates, new or revised tax laws (which may apply retroactively), and new interpretations of existing tax laws and policies by taxing authorities or courts, any of which could increase our overall tax obligations. Our intercompany transactions are subject to complex transfer pricing rules administered by tax authorities in the jurisdictions in which we operate, many of which apply divergent, and sometimes conflicting, legal 105
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