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13) Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Notes  
13) Income Taxes

13) Income Taxes

 

The Company’s overall effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was 9.0% and 3.6%, respectively, which resulted in a provision for income taxes of $198,052 and $41,179, respectively. The Company’s overall effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was 19.5% and 32.2%, respectively, which resulted in a provision for income taxes of $5,383,324 and $2,587,384, respectively.  The Company's effective tax rates differ from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% partly due to its provision for state income taxes.  The effective tax rate in the current period decreased when compared to the prior year period largely due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduction of the federal statutory rate from 35% to 21%.  The decrease also includes discrete provision-to-return adjustments.  Further, the effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2018 increased over the three months ended September 30, 2017 as the three months ended September 30, 2017 reflected a benefit from reducing a valuation allowance.