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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Components of Income Tax Expense | Income tax expense is comprised of the following components (in thousands):
|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Current income tax expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 10,202 |  |  | $ | 10,181 |  |  | $ | 2,519 |
State |  |  | 2,788 |  |  |  | 1,983 |  |  |  | 136 |
|  |  | 12,990 |  |  |  | 12,164 |  |  |  | 2,655 |
Deferred income tax expense (benefit) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 1,088 |  |  |  | (3,400 | ) |  |  | 5,589 |
State |  |  | (167 | ) |  |  | (511 | ) |  |  | 117 |
|  |  | 921 |  |  |  | (3,911 | ) |  |  | 5,706 |
Income tax expense |  | $ | 13,911 |  |  | $ | 8,253 |  |  | $ | 8,361 |
Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Significant components of CoreCivic's deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, are as follows (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Noncurrent deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset reserves and liabilities not yet deductible for tax |  | $ | 19,045 |  |  | $ | 29,198 |
Tax over book basis of certain assets |  |  | 40 |  |  |  | 866 |
Net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards |  |  | 5,040 |  |  |  | 5,487 |
Intangible contract value |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,570 |
Other |  |  | 172 |  |  |  | 346 |
Total noncurrent deferred tax assets |  |  | 24,297 |  |  |  | 38,467 |
Less valuation allowance |  |  | (3,308 | ) |  |  | (3,436 | )
Total noncurrent deferred tax assets |  |  | 20,989 |  |  |  | 35,031 |
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Book over tax basis of certain assets |  |  | (5,959 | ) |  |  | (9,386 | )
Intangible lease value |  |  | — |  |  |  | (8,368 | )
Other |  |  | (2,216 | ) |  |  | (3,542 | )
Total noncurrent deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (8,175 | ) |  |  | (21,296 | )
Net total noncurrent deferred tax assets |  | $ | 12,814 |  |  | $ | 13,735 |
Reconciliation of Income Tax Provision at Statutory Income Tax Rate and Effective Tax Rate | A reconciliation of the income tax provision at the statutory income tax rate and the effective tax rate as a percentage of income from continuing operations before income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 is as follows:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Statutory federal rate |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | %
Dividends paid deduction |  |  | (31.3 | ) |  |  | (32.5 | ) |  |  | (31.9 | )
State taxes, net of federal tax benefit |  |  | 1.2 |  |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 0.9 |
Permanent differences |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 0.4 |
Charges associated with adoption of tax reform |  |  | 2.4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Tax benefit of equity-based compensation |  |  | (0.5 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Other items, net |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  | (0.8 | )
|  |  | 7.2 | % |  |  | 3.6 | % |  |  | 3.6 | %

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