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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

18. Income Taxes —  Income tax expense was $1,748 for the three months ended June 30, 2018, as compared to $1,681 for the comparable period in 2017. The effective tax rate for the quarter was 23.0%, as compared to 26.8% in the same period of the prior year.  Income tax expense was $3,440 for the six months ended June 30, 2018, as compared to $3,061 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. The effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 was 24.4% and 27.5%, respectively. The effective tax rate is based on the projected income for the full year and is subject to ongoing review and adjustment by management.

 

In December 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”)  made broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code, including, but not limited to, (i) reducing the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent; and (ii) requiring companies to pay a one-time transition tax on certain unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries. The Act also established new tax laws that affect 2018, including, but not limited to: (i) the reduction of the U.S. federal corporate tax rate discussed above; (ii) a general elimination of U.S. federal income taxes on dividends from foreign subsidiaries; (iii) a new provision designed to tax global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”); (iv) the repeal of the domestic production activity deductions; (v) limitations on the deductibility of certain executive compensation; and (vi) limitations on the use of foreign tax credits to reduce the U.S. income tax liability.

 

On December 22, 2017, Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) was issued to address the application of U.S. GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company did not obtain additional information affecting the provisional amount initially recorded for the transition tax for 2017. As a result, the Company has not recorded an adjustment to the transition tax. Additional work is ongoing including a more detailed analysis of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities and its historical foreign earnings as well as potential correlative adjustments. Any subsequent adjustment to these amounts will be recorded to current tax expense in the quarter of 2018 when the analysis is complete.