Selling and Administrative Expenses
Selling and administrative expenses consist of sales, marketing, product research and development and administrative payroll and related costs including commissions, bonuses, and stock-based compensation, marketing costs, new services research and related software development, third-party software, advertising, trade conferences, professional fees and consultant costs, and other administrative overhead costs.
Selling and administrative expenses were $29.6 million and $19.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, an increase of $9.8 million or 49%. The cost increase primarily supported our growth initiatives across all business segments. The selling and administrative cost increase includes payroll related costs for new hires, stock-based compensation, commissions, incentives, and bonuses of $5.7 million, marketing activity related costs of $2.3 million, recruitment and professional fees of $1.1 million, severance costs of $0.3 million, an unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rate fluctuations of $0.2 million and a $0.2 million increase in other selling and administrative costs. Selling and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues were 50% and 39% for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase in selling and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues was primarily attributable to higher expenditures in all segments, offset in part by increased revenues in all segments.
Selling and administrative expenses for the DDS segment were $15.6 million and $11.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, an increase of $3.8 million or 32%. The cost increase primarily supported our growth initiatives. The selling and administrative cost increase includes payroll related costs for new hires, stock-based compensation, commissions, incentives, and bonuses of $2.1 million, marketing activity related costs of $1.0 million, recruitment and professional fees of $0.7 million. Selling and administrative expenses for the DDS segment as a percentage of DDS revenues were 36% and 31% for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase in selling and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues was primarily attributable to higher expenditures offset in part by increased revenues.
Selling and administrative expenses for the Synodex segment were $1.5 million and $0.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, an increase of $0.6 million or 67%. The cost increase was primarily attributable to payroll related costs and recruitment fees for new hires and other professional fees of $0.6 million to support our growth initiatives. Selling and administrative expenses for the Synodex segment as a percentage of Synodex segment revenues were 28% and 31% for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The decrease in selling and administrative expenses as a percentage of segment revenues was primarily attributable to lower expenditures offset in part by higher revenues.
Selling and administrative expenses for the Agility segment were $12.5 million and $7.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, an increase of $5.4 million or 76%. The cost increase primarily supported our growth initiatives. The selling and administrative costs increase includes payroll related costs for new hires, stock-based compensation, commissions, incentives of $3.6 million, marketing activity related costs of $1.3 million, severance costs of $0.3 million, an unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rate fluctuations of $0.2 million and a $0.2 million increase in other selling and administrative costs; partly offset by decreases in recruitment and professional fees of $0.2 million. Selling and administrative expenses for the Agility segment as a percentage of Agility segment revenues were 111% and 74% for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase in selling and administrative expenses as a percentage of segment revenues was primarily due to higher expenditures, offset in part by an increase in revenues.
Gain on PPP Loan forgiveness
On May 4, 2020, the Company received loan proceeds of $579,700 under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) which was established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act of 2020, as amended. On May 21, 2021, the Company’s loan forgiveness application was approved for 100% of the amount loaned to the Company by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”).
Income Taxes
We recorded a provision for income taxes of $1.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to $0.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
Taxes primarily consist of a provision for foreign taxes recorded in accordance with the local tax regulations by our foreign subsidiaries. Effective income tax rates are disproportionate due to the losses incurred by our U.S. entity and our Canadian subsidiaries, and a valuation allowance recorded on deferred taxes on these entities and tax effects of foreign operations, including foreign exchange gains and losses.