Dave & Buster's Entertainment PLAY Excess tax expense (benefit)
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Dave & Buster's Entertainment in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept play:ExcessIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit.
The official record: Dave & Buster's Entertainment’s 10-K, filed March 31, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Dave & Buster's Entertainment's excess tax expense (benefit)?
- Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) reported excess tax expense (benefit) of $300K in Q4 2025.
- How has Dave & Buster's Entertainment's excess tax expense (benefit) changed year-over-year?
- Dave & Buster's Entertainment's excess tax expense (benefit) increased by 220.0% year-over-year, from -$250K to $300K.
- What is the long-term trend for Dave & Buster's Entertainment's excess tax expense (benefit)?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Dave & Buster's Entertainment's excess tax expense (benefit) has grown at a -35.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$6.9M to $1.2M.
- What does excess tax expense (benefit) mean?
- Captures the net impact of non-recurring or anomalous tax adjustments that fall outside of standard operating tax provisions. This metric is used to isolate the effect of one-time tax events on the company's bottom line. Investors use this to normalize earnings and assess the underlying tax performance of the core business.