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INCOME TAXES | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
INCOME TAXES | INCOME TAXES Income Tax Expense The Company’s income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, consisted of the following components:
(In thousands) | Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018
Current tax expense | $ | (1,926 | ) |  | $ | (4,672 | )
Deferred tax benefit | 5,357 |  |  | 122,038 |
Income tax benefit | $ | 3,431 |  |  | $ | 117,366 |
The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 was 2.5% and 21.3%, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate is primarily attributed to the tax effects of the impairment charge recorded in relation to indefinite-lived FCC licenses in the current period, and also attributed to year over year changes in the forecasted mix of earnings and tax rates in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144680 + Details
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