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Income Tax
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
15. Income Taxes
The (benefit from) provision for income taxes is as follows:
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2018
 
(in thousands)
            
Current tax (benefit) expense
               
Federal
  $(9,106  $45,874   $21,399 
State
   4,710    11,311    11,742 
Foreign
   13,422    12,231    12,140 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total current tax expense
   9,026    69,416    45,281 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Deferred tax (benefit) expense
               
Federal
   (6,501   (53,314   (164,208
State
   868    (11,055   (48,653
Foreign
   (8,724   (3,694   (754
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total deferred tax benefit
   (14,357   (68,063   (213,615
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total (benefit from) provision for income taxes
  $(5,331  $1,353   $(168,334
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
A reconciliation of the provision for taxes based on the federal statutory income tax rate attributable to the Company’s effective income tax rate is as follows:
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2020
  
2019
  
2018
 
Statutory U.S. rate
   21.0  21.0  21.0
State tax, net of federal tax benefit
   (2.6)%   (1.1)%   2.2
Foreign tax, net of federal tax benefit
   1.1  (17.4)%   (0.4)% 
Goodwill impairment
   —     —     (10.4)% 
Global Intangible Low Taxed Income
   —     (8.3)%   (0.2)% 
Transaction expenses
   (0.1)%   (5.4)%   (0.1)% 
Disallowed Executive Compensation
   (3.4)%   —     —   
Equity-based compensation
   (11.2)%   (1.5)%   0.2
Meals and entertainment
   (0.7)%   (11.1)%   (0.2)% 
Contingent consideration fair value adjustment
   (1.4)%   7.1  0.7
Non-deductible
expenses
   (0.4)%   (4.6)%   —   
Return to provision on permanent differences
   0.1  8.2  0.1
Work opportunity tax credit
   0.5  3.3  —   
Research and development credit
   0.3  4.0  —   
Other
   
 
   
(
1.6
)
%
  (0.1)% 
   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
Effective tax rate
   3.2  (7.4)%   12.8
   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
The geographic components of (loss) income before income taxes are as follows:
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2018
 
(in thousands)
            
U.S. sources
  $(190,163  $(32,893  $(1,347,770
Non-U.S.
sources
   23,125    14,490    28,213 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Loss before income taxes
  $(167,038  $(18,403  $(1,319,557
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
Net deferred tax liabilities consist of the following:
 
 
  
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
  
2020
 
  
2019
 
Deferred tax assets
  
   
  
   
Accrued liabilities
  $77,599   $70,420
 
Interest expense
 
 
20,851
 
 
 
49,586
 
Social security tax deferral
 
 
 
12,656
 
 
 
 
Net operating losses
   10,557    7,671
 
Right-of-use liabilities
 
 
 
11,996
 
 
 
 
26,648
 
Transaction expenses
 
 
8,643
 
 
 
5,325
 
Debt issuance costs
   6,422    973
 
Acquired intangibles, including goodwill
   2,205    2,292
 
Insurance reserves
   2,262    2,403
 
Other
   4,755    6,158
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total deferred tax assets
   157,946    171,476
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Deferred tax liabilities
         
 
Acquired intangibles including goodwill
   618,697    636,245
 
Right-of-use assets
 
 
7,890
 
 
 
20,294
 
Restructuring expenses
   4,977    6,857
 
Depreciation
 
 
 
2,464
 
 
 
 
1,617
 
Unrealized transactions
       990
 
Other
   6,266    6,038
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total deferred tax liabilities
   640,294    672,041
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Less: deferred income tax asset valuation allowances
   (6,706   (5,570
)
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net deferred tax liabilities
  $489,054   $506,135
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
  
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
  
2020
 
  
2019
 
Reported as:
  
   
  
   
Noncurrent deferred tax asset
  
$
2,188
 
  
$
227
 
Noncurrent deferred tax liability
  
 
491,242
 
  
 
506,362
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Net deferred tax liabilities
  
$
489,054
 
  
$
506,135
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law. Intended to provide economic relief to those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the CARES Act includes provisions, among others, addressing the carryback of net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) for specific periods, refunds of alternative minimum tax credits, temporary modifications to the limitations placed on the tax deductibility of net interest expenses, and technical amendments for qualified improvement property (“QIP”). Additionally, the CARES Act, in efforts to enhance business’ liquidity, provides for refundable employee retention tax credits and the deferral of the employer-paid portion of social security taxes. 
The CARES Act allows employers to defer payment of a portion of payroll taxes otherwise due on wages paid between the enactment date and December 31, 2020 and remit the deferred payroll taxes in equal amounts on December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022. Under this provision of the CARES Act, the Company has recorded the tax impact of $12.6 million as a deferred tax asset.
The Company held cash and cash equivalents in foreign subsidiaries of $87.7 million and $59.3 million as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, and 2019, the undistributed earnings of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are $134.6 million and $92.6 million, respectively.
The Company has not recorded a deferred tax liability related to undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020, except for a $2.1 million of deferred tax liability recorded as of December 31, 2020 for unremitted earnings in Canada with respect to which the Company no longer has an indefinite reinvestment assertion. Taxes have not been provided on the remaining $82.5
 
million
of undistributed foreign earnings. The incremental tax liability associated with these earnings is expected to be immaterial.
The Company evaluates its deferred tax assets, including a determination of whether a valuation allowance is necessary, based upon its ability to utilize the assets using a more likely than not analysis. Deferred tax assets are only recorded to the extent that they are realizable based upon past and future income. As a result of the evaluation, the Company established a valuation allowance of $6.7 million and $5.6 million on its foreign affiliates’ deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had  $6.2 million
 
of
federal
 
NOL
s
,
 $16.3
 
million state NOLs, and 
$
31.4 
million foreign NOLs. The change of ownership provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 may limit utilization of a portion of The Company’s domestic NOLs to future periods. 
The federal NOLs expire between 2036 and 2037, $13.2 million of the state NOLs expire between 2023 and 2039 and the remaining $3.1 million of the state NOLs carry forward indefinitely. Foreign NOLs of $11.6 million expire between 2024 and 2032 and the remaining $19.8 million of the foreign NOLs carry forward indefinitely.