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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Schedule of income tax provision

The income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017 is summarized below (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

2015

    

2016

    

2017

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

25,515

 

$

26,015

 

$

21,156

 

State

 

 

4,538

 

 

4,869

 

 

4,477

 

Total current

 

 

30,053

 

 

30,884

 

 

25,633

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in federal tax rate due to the 2017 Act

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

11,375

 

Federal

 

 

(3,634)

 

 

(7,748)

 

 

(3,193)

 

State

 

 

(311)

 

 

(646)

 

 

(1,781)

 

Total deferred

 

 

(3,945)

 

 

(8,394)

 

 

6,401

 

Total provision for income taxes

 

$

26,108

 

$

22,490

 

$

32,034

 

 

Schedule of tax effects of principal temporary differences that give rise to deferred tax assets

The tax effects of the principal temporary differences that give rise to the Company’s deferred tax assets are as follows as of December 31, 2016 and 2017 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

2016

    

2017

 

Stock-based compensation

 

$

20,477

 

$

15,024

 

Property and equipment

 

 

(6,059)

 

 

(3,326)

 

Other facility-related costs

 

 

5,242

 

 

2,622

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

7,182

 

 

5,445

 

Tuition receivable

 

 

3,922

 

 

 —

 

Deferred leasing costs

 

 

3,064

 

 

1,789

 

Prepaid compensation

 

 

(1,139)

 

 

(373)

 

Other

 

 

(1,592)

 

 

3,271

 

Net deferred tax asset

 

$

31,097

 

$

24,452

 

 

Summary of changes in unrecognized tax benefits

The following table summarizes changes in unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, for the respective periods (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

    

2016

    

2017

 

Beginning unrecognized tax benefits

 

$

505

 

$

176

 

Reductions for tax positions taken in prior years

 

 

(329)

 

 

(176)

 

Ending unrecognized tax benefits

 

$

176

 

$

 —

 

 

Schedule of reconciliation between statutory tax rate and effective tax rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

2015

    

 

2016

    

 

2017

 

 

Statutory federal rate

 

35.0

%

 

35.0

%

 

35.0

%

 

State income taxes, net of federal benefits

 

4.2

 

 

4.5

 

 

4.2

 

 

Adjustment to deferred tax assets as a result of the 2017 Act

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

21.8

 

 

Transaction costs

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

5.2

 

 

Adjustments to contingent consideration

 

 —

 

 

(0.3)

 

 

(5.0)

 

 

Other

 

0.3

 

 

0.1

 

 

(0.4)

 

 

Effective tax rate

 

39.5

%

 

39.3

%

 

60.8

%