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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

8.  INCOME TAXES

The Company reflected the effects of the TCJA in its 2017 financial statements, including the effects of the change in the U.S. Corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% on deferred tax assets and liabilities.  The Company’s tax expense for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2018 was $4.0 million and $10.2 million, respectively.  This includes the reduction in the U.S. federal tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective for the Company’s 2018 tax year.

The Company recognized the income tax effects of the TCJA in the financial statements included in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, which provides SEC staff guidance for the application of ASC 740, Income Taxes, in the reporting period in which the TCJA was signed into law. During the three months ended September 30, 2018, the Company finalized its accounting for the income tax effects of the TCJA. There were no material adjustments to the provisional amounts recorded in the Company’s financial statements included in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K.