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INCOME TAXES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
INCOME TAXES  
INCOME TAXES

18.

INCOME TAXES

Allocation of federal and state income tax between current and deferred portion is as follows:

Years Ended December 31, (in thousands)

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

Current expense:

Federal

$

22,015

$

24,537

$

19,348

State

 

5,237

 

5,939

 

4,169

Deferred expense:

Federal

(3,329)

(4,273)

(246)

State

 

(1,084)

 

(464)

 

560

Total

$

22,839

$

25,739

$

23,831

Effective tax rates differ from federal statutory rate applied to income before income taxes due to the following:

Years Ended December 31, 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

    

Federal corporate tax rate

 

21.00

%  

21.00

%  

21.00

%

Effect of:

State taxes, net of federal benefit

 

2.90

3.70

3.32

Low-income housing and R&D tax credits

 

(2.67)

(1.88)

(1.76)

Nontaxable income

 

(1.38)

(1.00)

(1.06)

Tax benefit of vesting employee benefits

(0.06)

(0.01)

(0.20)

Other, net

 

0.38

0.22

0.08

Effective tax rate

 

20.17

22.03

21.38

Year-end DTAs and DTLs were due to the following:

December 31, (in thousands)

    

2023

    

2022

Deferred tax assets:

Allowance for credit losses

$

20,654

$

17,427

Operating lease liabilities

8,940

9,362

Accrued expenses

 

6,285

 

5,901

Net operating loss carryforward(1)

 

1,191

 

1,371

Acquisition fair value adjustments

55

101

Other-than-temporary impairment

 

582

 

567

R&D Capitalization

 

4,492

 

2,271

Unrealized investment security losses

6,803

10,657

Other

 

2,337

 

2,248

Total deferred tax assets

 

51,339

 

49,905

Deferred tax liabilities:

Right of use assets - operating leases

(8,726)

(9,166)

Depreciation and amortization

(2,805)

(2,835)

Federal Home Loan Bank dividends

 

(757)

 

(745)

Deferred loan costs

 

(2,732)

 

(2,153)

Lease Financing Receivables

(3,058)

(1,996)

Mortgage servicing rights

 

(1,864)

 

(2,172)

Unrealized investment securities gains

 

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

(19,942)

 

(19,067)

Less: Valuation allowance

 

 

Net deferred tax asset

$

31,397

$

30,838

(1)The Company has federal and state net operating loss carryforwards (acquired in its 2016 Cornerstone acquisition) of $5.1 million (federal) and $2.6 million (state). These carryforwards begin to expire in 2030 for both federal and state purposes. The use of these federal and state carryforwards is each limited under IRC Section 382 to $722,000 annually for federal and $634,000 annually for state. Finally, the Company has state AMT credit carryforwards of $15,000 with no expiration date.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table shows a reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

Years Ended December 31, (in thousands)

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

Balance, beginning of period

$

2,866

$

2,191

$

1,941

Additions based on tax related to the current period

 

280

 

950

 

433

Additions for tax positions of prior periods

 

36

 

 

253

Reductions due to the statute of limitations

 

(320)

 

(275)

 

(436)

Balance, end of period

$

2,862

$

2,866

$

2,191

Of the 2023 total, $2.4 million represented the amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would favorably affect the effective income tax rate in future periods. 

It is the Company’s policy to recognize interest and penalties as a component of income tax expense related to its unrecognized tax benefits. Amounts related to interest and penalties recorded in the income statements for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, and accrued on the balance sheets as of December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 are presented below:

Years Ended December 31, (in thousands)

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

Interest and penalties recorded in the income statement as a component of income tax expense

$

314

$

72

$

267

Interest and penalties accrued on balance sheet

 

1,163

 

849

 

777

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations by taxing authorities for all years prior to and including 2019. With a few exceptions, which are immaterial in the aggregate, the Company is no longer subject to state income tax examinations for all years prior to and including 2018.

Low-Income Housing Tax Credits Investments and Obligations

The Company is a limited partner in several low-income housing partnerships whose purpose is to invest in qualified affordable housing. The Company expects to recover its remaining investments in these partnerships through the use of tax credits that are generated by the investments.

The following table summarizes information related to the Company’s qualified low-income housing investments and obligations:

December 31, (in thousands)

    

2023

    

2022

Unfunded

Unfunded

Investment

Accounting Method

Investments

Obligations

Investments

Obligations

Low-income housing tax credit - Gross

Proportional amortization

$

57,596

$

58,619

$

42,306

$

43,609

Life-to-date amortization

(15,904)

NA

(10,591)

NA

Low-income housing tax credit - Net

$

41,692

$

58,619

$

31,715

$

43,609