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INCOME TAXES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
INCOME TAXES  
INCOME TAXES
9. INCOME TAXES

 

The Company determines its periodic income tax provision based upon the current period income and the annual estimated tax rate for the Company adjusted for discrete items including tax credits and changes to prior year estimates. The estimated tax rate is revised, if necessary, as of the end of each successive interim period during the fiscal year to the Company's current annual estimated tax rate.

 

Income tax provision for the second quarter of 2017 reflects an effective tax rate of 30.3 percent, compared to an effective tax rate of 29.8 percent for the comparable period in the prior year. For the six months ended June 30, 2017 the income tax provision reflects an effective rate of 27.6 percent, compared to an effective rate of 30.6 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2016. The effective rate in both periods includes the effect of beneficial permanent differences including tax-exempt interest income and favorable U.S. manufacturing deductions. The Company adopted the amendments of ASU 2016-09 in the first quarter of 2017 that requires excess tax benefits and deficiencies to be recognized as a component of income tax expense rather than equity. This resulted in a beneficial discrete adjustment of approximately $650 thousand to the provision for income taxes during the first six months of 2017. The 2016 effective tax rate reflects certain beneficial permanent tax differences generated from life insurance proceeds.