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INCOME TAXES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
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Prior to July 25, 2018, substantially all of the Company's operations were conducted through pass-through entities for income tax purposes, and as such the Company had no material income tax accounting reflected in its financial statements for financial reporting purposes since substantially all taxable income and deductions were "passed through" to unconsolidated owners. Effective July 25, 2018, the Company is a "C Corp" and reports its income and deductions for income tax purposes. Accordingly, effective July 25, 2018, the consolidated financial statements of the Company reflect the accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes. The Company's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2018 reflect unaudited pro-forma income tax disclosure amounts to illustrate the income tax effects had the Company been subject to federal and state income taxes.





Valuation Allowance for Deferred Income Tax Assets

The Company considers all available positive and negative evidence to determine whether sufficient taxable income will be generated in the future to permit realization of the existing deferred tax assets. In accordance with the provisions of ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740"), the Company is required to provide a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets when it is “more likely than not” that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Among other provisions, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 amended Internal Revenue Code Section 163(j) to create limitations on the deductibility of business interest expense. Section 163(j) limits the business interest deduction to 30% of adjusted taxable income (ATI). For taxable years through 2021, the calculation of ATI closely aligns with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). Commencing in 2022, the ATI limitation more closely aligns with earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), without adjusting for depreciation and amortization.  Any business interest in excess of the annual limitation is carried forward indefinitely.
With respect to recording a deferred tax benefit for the carryforward of business interest, the Company is required to apply the “more likely than not” threshold for assessing recoverability.  Based on management’s assessment, the Company recorded a valuation allowance in the second quarter of 2019 of $7.9 million for the business interest carryover comprised of (i) a discrete provision of $2.7 million associated with the 2018 business interest deferred tax asset and (ii) a provision of $5.2 million associated with the 2019 excess business interest. This $7.9 million provision is included in income tax expense in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2019.

The Company will continue to evaluate the realizability of the deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis and, as a result, the valuation allowance may change in future periods.
 
Uncertain Tax Positions
The Company recognizes the tax effects of uncertain tax positions only if such positions are more likely than not to be sustained based solely upon its technical merits at the reporting date. The Company refers to the difference between the tax benefit recognized in its financial statements and the tax benefit claimed in the income tax return as an "unrecognized tax benefit." As of June 30 2019, the net amount of our unrecognized tax benefits was not material.

The Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax and income tax in multiple state jurisdictions. Tax periods for 2015 and all years thereafter remain open to examination by the federal and state taxing jurisdictions and tax periods for 2014 and all years thereafter remain open for certain state taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject.