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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, consists of the following (in thousands):

 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Current provision:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
6,440

 
$
995

 
$
69

State
523

 
195

 
330

Total current provision
6,963

 
1,190

 
399

Deferred provision:
 

 
 

 
 
Federal
(1,846
)
 
6,840

 
7,723

Total deferred provision
(1,846
)
 
6,840

 
7,723

Total provision
$
5,117

 
$
8,030

 
$
8,122



The income tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of deferred income tax assets and (liabilities) as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, are as follows (in thousands):

 
2015
 
2014
Deferred income tax assets:
 
 
 
Stock Compensation
$
1,011

 
$
1,249

Other
4

 
80

Total deferred income tax assets
$
1,015

 
$
1,329

 
 
 
 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
 

 
 

Property and equipment
$
(56,132
)
 
(58,610
)
Goodwill and other intangible assets
(998
)
 
(1,023
)
Other
(343
)
 

Total deferred income tax liabilities
(57,473
)
 
(59,633
)
Net deferred income tax liabilities
$
(56,458
)
 
$
(58,304
)


The effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, differs from the statutory rate as follows:

 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Statutory rate
34.0
 %
 
34.0
%
 
34.0
%
State and local taxes
1.5
 %
 
1.5
%
 
1.7
%
Other
(2.0
)%
 
0.7
%
 
0.4
%
Effective rate
33.5
 %
 
36.2
%
 
36.1
%


Our policy regarding income tax interest and penalties is to expense those items as general and administrative expense. During the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, there were no significant income tax interest or penalty items in the statement of income.
 
We had a federal net operating loss carry forward of $3.2 million as of December 31, 2012, which was utilized in the year ended December 31, 2013. We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions.  With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal or state income tax examination by tax authorities for years before 2011.