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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Significant Components of Income before Income Taxes Significant components of Income before income taxes are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

U.S.

 

$

56,114

 

 

$

122,162

 

 

$

176,958

 

Non-U.S.

 

 

815

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

 

$

56,929

 

 

$

122,162

 

 

$

176,958

 

 

Schedule of Significant Components of the Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Significant components of the Income tax expense (benefit) are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. federal

 

$

254

 

 

$

5,966

 

 

$

1,001

 

U.S. state and local

 

 

953

 

 

 

598

 

 

 

 

Non-U.S.

 

 

220

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current income tax expense

 

 

1,427

 

 

 

6,564

 

 

 

1,001

 

Deferred

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. federal

 

 

11,133

 

 

 

(110,361

)

 

 

(538

)

U.S. state and local

 

 

5,560

 

 

 

1,516

 

 

 

125

 

Non-U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deferred income tax expense

 

$

16,693

 

 

$

(108,845

)

 

$

(413

)

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

$

18,120

 

 

$

(102,281

)

 

$

588

 

Schedule of Income Tax Provision Differed from Amounts Computed at the Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate

The income tax provision differed from amounts computed at the statutory federal income tax rate, as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

2017 (1)

 

 

 

2016 (2)

 

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

 

$

 

Income tax provision at statutory rate

 

$

11,955

 

 

 

21.0

 

%

 

$

42,757

 

 

 

35.0

 

%

 

$

521

 

Tax effect of pre-Separation earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16,210

)

 

 

(13.3

)

 

 

 

 

State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit

 

 

2,668

 

 

 

4.7

 

 

 

 

2,294

 

 

 

1.9

 

 

 

 

67

 

Effect of change in apportionment factors (3)

 

 

3,467

 

 

 

6.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write-off of permanent outside basis difference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(50,687

)

 

 

(41.5

)

 

 

 

 

Effect of U.S. federal tax rate change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(80,298

)

 

 

(65.7

)

 

 

 

 

Other, net

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(137

)

 

 

(0.1

)

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

$

18,120

 

 

 

31.8

 

%

 

$

(102,281

)

 

 

(83.7

)

%

 

$

588

 

 

(1)

The income tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2017 is based upon seven months of Cars.com, LLC activity and twelve months of DealerRater activity.

 

(2)

As a partnership, Cars.com, LLC generally was not subject to federal and state income tax. Therefore, the income tax benefit is based upon five months of DealerRater post-acquisition activity.

 

(3)

This item relates to changes in apportionment factors upon the finalization of the post-Spin 2017 state tax returns in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Significant Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Deferred income tax asset (liability):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued compensation

 

$

4,098

 

 

$

2,374

 

Unfavorable contracts liability

 

 

4,739

 

 

 

10,794

 

Other

 

 

2,725

 

 

 

3,758

 

Less: Valuation allowance

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deferred tax assets

 

$

11,562

 

 

$

16,926

 

Depreciation

 

$

(4,629

)

 

$

(4,667

)

Intangibles

 

 

(183,632

)

 

 

(156,968

)

Other

 

 

(1,217

)

 

 

(1,773

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

(189,478

)

 

 

(163,408

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

$

(177,916

)

 

$

(146,482

)