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INCOME TAXES
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES INCOME TAXES On March 27, 2020, the U.S. government enacted the CARES Act to provide financial relief from COVID-19. The CARES Act includes a provision that allows companies to carryback net operating losses (NOL’s) generated in the period 2018 through 2020 to prior years. In conjunction with the disposition of the Core business in 2018, the Company generated a significant amount of taxable income in 2018. Subsequently, the Company generated net losses in 2019 and 2020. For the net losses generated in 2019, the Company previously recorded a full valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets associated with its NOL carryforwards due to realization of the NOL not being probable under then existing tax law. The CARES Act makes these assets realizable and, as of the date of the CARES Act, the Company recognized an income tax benefit of approximately $3.7 million associated with the release of the valuation allowance on its Federal NOL carryforward related to 2019. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company also recognized income tax benefits of approximately $0.7 million and $7.1 million, respectively, related to losses before income taxes.Income tax expense (benefit) was approximately $73,000 and $(715,000) with effective tax rates of (1.8)% and 16.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Income tax expense (benefit) was approximately $246,000 and $(7,112,000) with effective tax rates of (1.9)% and 40.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the effective rates differ from the statutory rate primarily due to the full valuation allowance recorded on the NOL generated during the period, combined with interest and penalties on uncertain tax positions. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the effective rate differs from the statutory rate primarily due to the release of the valuation allowance on the NOL carryforward from 2019. The Company has gross unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $1,313,000 at September 30, 2021. It recognized accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the provision for income taxes in the condensed consolidated financial statements. As of September 30, 2021, the Company had approximately $497,000 in accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits. Included in the income tax expense (benefit) for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, are approximately $52,000 and $43,000 of interest and penalties on the Company's uncertain tax positions. Included in the income tax expense (benefit) for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, are approximately $152,000 and $125,000 of interest and penalties on the Company's uncertain tax positions. If the Company were to prevail on all uncertain tax positions, the resulting impact will be material as the Company will recognize approximately $1,810,000 of income tax benefits in the consolidated statement of operations. It is expected that all of the uncertain tax positions should be resolved by October 2022.