As the Company operates in the cannabis industry, it is subject to the limitations of Section 280E of the IRC. This results in permanent differences for ordinary and necessary business expenses deemed non-allowable under Section 280E of the IRC for income tax purposes. Therefore, the effective tax rate can be highly variable and may not necessarily correlate with pre-tax income or loss.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company’s estimated annual effective tax rate was revised to include additional valuation allowance expected to be required as a result of current year operations. This revised rate also includes additional valuation allowance for the beginning of the year deferred tax assets that resulted from a change in judgement on the realizability of the beginning of the year deferred tax assets. The change in judgement resulted from changes in the underlying business and changes to the forecasted annual operations.
On February 15, 2023, the Company completed the Pennsylvania Transaction which generated ordinary and capital gains of $11,074. See Note 5 — Property, Plant and Equipment and Assets Held for Sale for further details. The Company estimates that approximately $6,814 of the gain from the sale will be offset by the net capital loss carryforward. Therefore, during 2023, the Company recognized a release of the valuation allowance related to the capital loss carryforward and the corresponding benefit of the release.
During June 2023, the Company determined its investment in HERBL was not recoverable. As a result, the Company recorded a loss of $6,400 to its HERBL investment, adjusting the balance to zero. This loss was treated as a capital loss, which will more likely than not be realized. See Note 6 — Investments for additional information.
16. Related Party Transactions
On February 15, 2023, the Company refinanced a payable due to Mark Scatterday, a former director of the Company, through an affiliated entity, Mak One LLP (“Mak One”) as part of its 2023 Refinanced Notes. As of September 30, 2024, the balance of the payable was $24,689, which is included in notes payable in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024. The payable bears interest at 25.5% as of September 30, 2024 and is due on February 15, 2026. The portion of the old note included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities was reclassified as part of the 2023 New Notes entered into on February 15, 2023 and is now included in notes payable with a balance of $6,076 on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024. This payable bears interest at 24.5% as of September 30, 2024 and is due on February 15, 2027. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had paid $2,604 and zero in interest to Mak One on the 2023 Refinanced Notes and the 2023 New Notes, respectively.
The Company had another payable due to Mark Scatterday through Mak One related to the issuance of the 2019 Senior Notes. On February 15, 2023, the 2019 Senior Notes were repaid and retired, and this payable was settled.
The Company also has a payable of $2,486 as of September 30, 2024 owed to Adam Draizin, a current director of the Company, through Callisto Collaboration, LLC (“Callisto”), an affiliated entity. Of this amount, $1,995 is related to the 2023 Refinanced Notes and is included in notes payable in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024. This payable bears interest at 25.5% as of September 30, 2024 and is due on February 15, 2026. The remaining $491 is related to the 2023 New Notes and is included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024. This payable bears interest at 24.5% as of September 30, 2024 and is due on February 15, 2027. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had paid $210 and zero in interest to Callisto on the 2023 Refinanced Notes and the 2023 New Notes, respectively.
See Note 10 — Notes Payable for additional information regarding the 2023 Refinanced Notes and 2023 New Notes, including calculation of the interest rates for each note as of September 30, 2024.
In connection with the 2023 Refinanced Notes, the Company issued 91,999,901 Debt Modification Warrants to the Note Holders. Of this amount, 45,539,951 Debt Modification Warrants were issued to Mark Scatterday through Mak One and 3,679,996 Debt Modification Warrants were issued to Adam Draizin through Callisto.