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Income Taxes - INCOME TAXES | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] | INCOME TAXES As a result of the changes to the U.S. tax code resulting from legislation enacted in December 2017, Farmer Mac's effective tax rate decreased from 35.5 percent for the year ended December 31, 2017 to 20.0 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2018. The effective tax rate was lower than the statutory corporate tax rate in first quarter 2018 due to net tax benefits recognized related to exercises of share-based compensation awards during first quarter 2018.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144680 + Details
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