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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components of Income Tax Expense

The components of income tax expense were as follows for the years ended December 31:

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

287,131

 

 

$

468,635

 

 

$

789,465

 

State

 

 

41,528

 

 

 

77,475

 

 

 

125,460

 

 

 

 

328,659

 

 

 

546,110

 

 

 

914,925

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

(16,453

)

 

 

(82,150

)

 

 

(73,016

)

State

 

 

(2,579

)

 

 

(20,311

)

 

 

(19,445

)

 

 

 

(19,032

)

 

 

(102,461

)

 

 

(92,461

)

Income tax expense

 

$

309,627

 

 

$

443,649

 

 

$

822,464

 

Reconciliation of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Temporary differences, which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities, were as follows as of December 31:

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Deferred tax assets related to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

$

148,376

 

 

$

125,622

 

Insurance reserves

 

 

37,840

 

 

 

34,556

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

17,703

 

 

 

36,719

 

Operating loss and credit carryforwards

 

 

12,308

 

 

 

13,408

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

10,931

 

 

 

8,643

 

Inventories

 

 

10,435

 

 

 

13,132

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

10,006

 

 

 

10,338

 

Other

 

 

312

 

 

 

7,813

 

Total deferred tax assets

 

 

247,911

 

 

 

250,231

 

Deferred tax liabilities related to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

 

(179,862

)

 

 

(166,799

)

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

(140,255

)

 

 

(118,515

)

Goodwill and other intangible assets

 

 

(66,263

)

 

 

(121,052

)

Prepaid expenses

 

 

(9,698

)

 

 

(11,064

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

(396,078

)

 

 

(417,430

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

$

(148,167

)

 

$

(167,199

)

Reconciliation of Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate to Our Effective Rate

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to our effective rate is provided below for the years ended December 31:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

Statutory federal income tax rate

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

21.0

%

 

State income taxes, net of federal income tax

 

 

2.4

 

 

 

2.3

 

 

 

2.3

 

 

Stock-based compensation windfall benefit

 

 

(2.0

)

 

 

(0.8

)

 

 

(0.5

)

 

Permanent difference - 162(m) limitation

 

 

0.8

 

 

 

0.5

 

 

 

0.3

 

 

Permanent difference - credits

 

 

(0.5

)

 

 

(0.6

)

 

 

(0.2

)

 

Permanent difference - other

 

 

0.2

 

 

 

0.2

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

(0.2

)

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

 

 

22.3

%

 

 

22.4

%

 

 

23.0

%