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Note 11 - Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
11.
Income Taxes
 
The Company files income tax returns in the United States Federal jurisdiction, in a limited number of foreign jurisdictions, and in many state jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is
no
longer subject to United States Federal, state, or foreign income tax examinations for years before
2015.
 
The Company recorded an income tax expense (benefit) at an estimated effective income tax rate of
19.0%
and
16.6%
for the
three
and
nine
months ended
September 
30,
2019,
respectively, and
14.2%
and
23.5%
for the
three
and
nine
months ended
September 
30,
2018,
respectively. The Company’s estimated effective income tax rate for the
three
and
nine
months ended
September 
30,
2019
was impacted by the final Section
965
regulations issued in
June 2019
related to certain foreign tax credit aspects of the transition tax, as well as the estimated changes in the Company’s valuation allowance.
 
The Company had
$4.4
 million of unrecognized income tax benefits as of
September 
30,
2019
and
December 
31,
2018.
The Company does
not
believe it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized income tax benefits will change in the following
twelve
months; however, actual results could differ from those currently expected. Effectively all of the unrecognized income tax benefits would affect the Company’s effective income tax rate if recognized at some point in the future. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions in Income tax expense (benefit).