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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
The Company evaluates the balance of deferred tax assets that will be realized based on the premise that the Company is more likely than not to realize deferred tax benefits through the generation of future taxable income. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had no liability for unrecognized tax benefits. The Company does not anticipate that unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change within the next twelve months.
Income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2020 is estimated to be $4,854,000, approximately 156% of the income before income taxes. Income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was estimated to be $1,044,000, or approximately 21% of income before income taxes.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the "CARES Act") was enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and among other things, provides tax relief to businesses. Tax provisions of the CARES Act include the deferral of certain payroll taxes, relief for retaining employees, and other provisions, including allowing net operating losses to be carried back five years versus an indefinite carryforward. The Company plans to carry back net operating losses incurred in 2018 and 2019 under this new law, resulting in an income tax receivable of $6,155,000 that is expected to be received this fiscal year, as well as an income tax benefit of $5,638,000 that is realized this quarter. The income tax benefit consists of the reversal of the full valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets in the United States for approximately $3,267,000. It also consists of a rate benefit of $2,371,000 based on the losses being carried back to years where the Company paid tax at 34% compared to the valuation of the losses being recorded at the 21% current U.S. statutory tax rate.

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S., Mexico, Canada and various state jurisdictions. The Company is not subject to U.S. federal and state income tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2016, not subject to Mexican income tax examinations by Mexican authorities for years prior to 2014 and not subject to Canadian tax examinations by Canadian authorities for years prior to 2018.