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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

8. Income Taxes

 

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”) was enacted into law. The TCJA contains several key tax provisions including the reduction of the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, as well as a variety of other changes, including the limitation of the tax deductibility of interest expense, acceleration of expensing of certain business assets and reductions in the amount of executive pay that can qualify as a tax deduction. ASC 740 requires the Company to recognize the effect of the tax law changes in the period of enactment. The Company re-measured certain of its U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities, based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future. The tax benefit recorded related to the re-measurement of the deferred tax balance was $15.2 million, which was offset by the related valuation allowance. The SEC staff has issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) 118, which will allow the Company to record provisional amounts during a measurement period which is similar to the measurement period used when accounting for business combinations. While the Company has substantially completed the provisional analysis of the income tax effects of this recent tax reform legislation, and recorded a reasonable estimate of such effects, the ultimate impact may differ from these provisional amounts, possibly materially, due to, among other things, further refinement of the Company’s calculations, additional analysis, changes in assumptions, and actions the Company may take as a result of the TCJA. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company did not make any adjustments to our provisional amounts.

 

The Company has not recorded any tax provision or benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017. The Company has provided a valuation allowance for the full amount of its net deferred tax assets since realization of any future benefit from deductible temporary differences, net operating loss carryforwards and research and development credits is not more-likely-than-not to be realized at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.