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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes

For financial reporting purposes, income from continuing operations before income taxes includes the following components (in thousands):

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

United States

 

$

92,710

 

 

$

79,669

 

 

$

74,151

 

Foreign (Canada)

 

 

179

 

 

 

171

 

 

 

169

 

Total

 

$

92,889

 

 

$

79,840

 

 

$

74,320

 

Income Tax Expense (Benefit) Included in Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

Income tax expense (benefit) included in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Continuing operations :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

12,776

 

 

$

12,626

 

 

$

21,086

 

Foreign

 

 

48

 

 

 

45

 

 

 

45

 

State and local

 

 

4,110

 

 

 

2,808

 

 

 

2,475

 

Total

 

 

16,934

 

 

 

15,479

 

 

 

23,606

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

3,685

 

 

 

2,047

 

 

 

(1,086

)

State and local

 

 

1,221

 

 

 

741

 

 

 

768

 

Total

 

 

4,906

 

 

 

2,788

 

 

 

(318

)

Total income tax expense from continuing

   operations

 

 

21,840

 

 

 

18,267

 

 

 

23,288

 

Discontinued operations :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operations of discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

(107

)

 

 

2

 

 

 

(418

)

Deferred

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(19

)

Total income tax expense from discontinued

   operations

 

 

(108

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(437

)

Total income tax expense

 

$

21,732

 

 

$

18,268

 

 

$

22,851

 

Provision for Income Taxes Attributable to Income from Continuing Operations

The provision for income taxes attributable to income from continuing operations differed from the amount obtained by applying the federal statutory income tax rate to income from continuing operations before income taxes, as follows (in thousands, except percentages):

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Tax at U.S. federal statutory rates

 

$

19,507

 

 

$

16,766

 

 

$

26,012

 

State taxes (net of federal benefit)

 

 

4,774

 

 

 

3,745

 

 

 

2,724

 

Business meals and entertainment — non-deductible

 

 

987

 

 

 

915

 

 

 

820

 

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

932

 

 

 

264

 

 

 

221

 

Reserves for uncertain tax positions

 

 

(263

)

 

 

(1,124

)

 

 

(35

)

Share-based compensation

 

 

(4,773

)

 

 

(3,260

)

 

 

(3,837

)

Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,487

)

Non-deductible expenses

 

 

713

 

 

 

785

 

 

 

236

 

Other, net

 

 

(37

)

 

 

176

 

 

 

(366

)

Provision for income taxes from continuing operations

 

$

21,840

 

 

$

18,267

 

 

$

23,288

 

Effective income tax rate

 

 

23.5

%

 

 

22.9

%

 

 

31.3

%

Tax Effects of Temporary Differences That Rises to Significant Portions of Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2019 and 2018, were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

$

1,594

 

 

$

1,091

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

3,156

 

 

 

2,902

 

Employee benefits and compensation

 

 

26,442

 

 

 

24,761

 

Lease costs

 

 

4,889

 

 

 

4,099

 

State tax credit carryforwards

 

 

1,322

 

 

 

1,353

 

Property and equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other deferred tax assets

 

 

30

 

 

 

287

 

Total gross deferred tax assets

 

 

37,433

 

 

 

34,493

 

Less: valuation allowance

 

 

(2,799

)

 

 

(1,840

)

Total deferred tax assets, net

 

 

34,634

 

 

 

32,653

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Client list intangible assets

 

 

846

 

 

 

1,184

 

Goodwill and other intangibles

 

 

42,496

 

 

 

35,840

 

Property and equipment

 

 

2,291

 

 

 

1,356

 

Other deferred tax liabilities

 

 

721

 

 

 

1,037

 

Total gross deferred tax liabilities

 

 

46,354

 

 

 

39,417

 

Net deferred tax liability

 

$

(11,720

)

 

$

(6,764

)

Summary of Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Balance at January 1

 

$

2,819

 

 

$

3,882

 

 

$

4,090

 

Additions for tax positions of the current year

 

 

145

 

 

 

119

 

 

 

123

 

Settlements of prior year positions

 

 

(282

)

 

 

(16

)

 

 

 

Lapse of statutes of limitation

 

 

(146

)

 

 

(1,166

)

 

 

(331

)

Balance at December 31

 

$

2,536

 

 

$

2,819

 

 

$

3,882