NOTE 7 — INCOME TAXES
The income tax provision for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 interim periods is determined using an estimate of the annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, primarily related to unrealized gains. At June 30, 2022 the Company is currently estimating an annual effective tax rate of approximately 9.7%, resulting in a net tax benefit from continuing operations of $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The Company recorded a tax expense of less than $0.1 million from continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2021. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded a less than $0.1 million income tax benefit from discontinued operations and recorded $0.2 million in tax expense from discontinued operations for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, we recorded less than $0.1 million in net tax benefit from continuing operations. For the three months ended June 30, 2021, we recorded less than $0.1 million in net tax expense from continuing operations. The Company recorded $0.1 million in net tax expense from discontinued operations for the three months ended June 30, 2021.
Each quarter, the estimate of the annual effective tax rate is updated, and if the estimated effective tax rate changes, a cumulative adjustment is made. There is a potential for volatility of the effective tax rate due to various factors.
The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. Federal income tax, as well as income tax of multiple state jurisdictions. As of June 30, 2022, the Company is subject to U.S. Federal income tax examinations for the years 2018 through 2020 and income tax examinations from various other jurisdictions for the years 2016 through 2020.
NOTE 8 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
(a)Lease Commitments
Under ASC 842, operating lease expense is generally recognized evenly over the term of the lease. The Company has operating leases primarily consisting of facilities with remaining lease terms of less than one year. We lease office and operating facilities under non-cancelable operating leases. Current facility leases include our offices in Englewood, Colorado and New York, New York. Total rent expense consisted of short-term lease expense of less than $0.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. There was 0 sublease rental income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Leases with an initial term of twelve months or less are not recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. We did not have leases that had terms of greater than 12 months as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
(b)Other Commitments
As permitted under Delaware law, we have agreements with officers and directors under which we agree to indemnify them for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at our request in this capacity. The term of the indemnification period is indefinite. There is no limit on the amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements; however, we maintain Director and Officer insurance policies, as well as an Employment Practices Liability Insurance Policy, that may enable us to recover a portion of any amounts paid. As a result of our insurance policy coverage, we believe the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal. Accordingly, there were 0 liabilities recorded for these agreements as of June 30, 2022 or December 31, 2021.
We enter into standard indemnification terms with outside consultants, in the course of business, for third party claims arising under our contracts. Depending upon the nature of the indemnification, the potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements may be unlimited. We have never incurred costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims relating to an indemnification. As a result, we believe the estimated fair value of these agreements is minimal. Accordingly, there were no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of June 30, 2022 or December 31, 2021.