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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 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 third quarter of 2017 reflects an effective tax rate of 32.4 percent, compared to an effective tax rate of 23.3 percent for the comparable period in the prior year. 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 detrimental discrete adjustment of $130 thousand to the provision for income taxes in the third quarter of 2017. The third quarter 2016 effective tax rate included certain beneficial discrete tax adjustments related to the implementation of state tax planning strategies that provided for the increased use of previously suspended net operating losses.