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Note 12 - Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
12.
INCOME TAXES
 
The Company’s effective tax rate was
19.6%
and
37.3%
for the
three
months ended
March 31, 2018
and
2017,
respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the
three
months ended
March 31, 2018
compared to the same quarter in the prior year primarily relates to a reduction in the Federal corporate income tax rate from
35%
to
21%
as a result of the
2017
Federal tax reform legislation and
$2.4
million of income tax benefits attributable to equity-based compensation awards recorded during the
three
months ended
March 31, 2018.
 
The Company recognized the income tax effects of the
2017
Federal tax reform legislation in its consolidated financial statements included in the
2017
Form
10
-K in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin
No.
118,
which provides SEC staff guidance for the application of ASC
740
Income Taxes
. As such, the Company’s financial results for
2017
reflected the income tax effects of the
2017
Federal tax reform legislation for which the accounting under ASC
740
was complete as well as provisional amounts for those specific income tax effects of the
2017
Federal tax reform legislation for which the accounting under ASC
740
was incomplete but a reasonable estimate could be determined. The Company has recognized the provisional tax impacts related to acceleration of depreciation and the revaluation of deferred tax assets and liabilities and included these amounts in its consolidated financial statements included in the
2017
Form
10
-K. The ultimate impact
may
differ from these provisional amounts, possibly materially, due to, among other things, additional analysis, changes in interpretations and assumptions the Company has made, additional regulatory guidance that
may
be issued and actions the Company
may
take as a result of the
2017
Federal tax reform legislation. The accounting is expected to be complete when the Company’s
2017
Federal corporate income tax return is filed later in
2018.