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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2017      2016      2015  

Current:

        

Federal

   $ 76,966      $ 64,006      $ 63,481  

State

     8,589        4,831        5,222  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     85,555        68,837        68,703  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred:

        

Federal

     (6,189      7,961        4,473  

State

     843        891        557  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (5,346      8,852        5,030  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Tax expense recorded as an increase of paid-in capital

     —          9,921        3,863  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 80,209      $ 87,610      $ 77,596  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation of income tax computed at the U.S. statutory rate to the effective income tax rate is as follows:

 


     Year Ended December 31,  
     2017     2016     2015  

Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate

     35.0     35.0     35.0

State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit

     3.2       3.2       3.3  

State tax credits, net of federal effect

     (0.7     (1.5     (1.2

Excess tax benefits

     (5.8     0.0       0.0  

Deferred tax revaluation (Federal Rate change)

     (3.7     0.0       0.0  

Nondeductible expenses

     0.0       0.2       0.1  

Other

     0.3       0.2       (0.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective income tax rate

     28.3     37.1     37.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

Significant Components of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of the University’s deferred income tax assets and liabilities, included in Deferred income taxes, non-current on the consolidated balance sheets are as follows:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2017      2016  

Deferred tax assets:

     

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   $ 1,685      $ 2,362  

Share-based compensation

     4,201        7,681  

Deferred tuition revenue

     1,294        1,539  

Deferred scholarship

     618        1,198  

Deferred rent

     54        122  

Intangibles

     590        1,048  

State taxes

     985        1,228  

Other

     1,422        2,731  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets

     10,849        17,909  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax liability:

     

Property and equipment

     (28,028      (40,358

Other

     (1,183      (1,259
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax liability

     (29,211      (41,617
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred tax liability

   $ (18,362    $ (23,708
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

The net deferred tax liability on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet is comprised of the following:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2017      2016  

Deferred income taxes, current

   $ 5,214      $ 7,814  

Deferred income taxes, non-current

     (23,576      (31,522
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred tax liability

   $ (18,362    $ (23,708