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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

7.INCOME TAXES



Income tax expense is recorded relative to the jurisdictions that recognize book earnings. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recognized an income tax expense of $0.7 million on pre-tax income of $2.4 million, representing an effective income tax rate of 29.5% compared to an income tax expense of $1.0 million on pre-tax income of $2.3 million, representing an effective income tax rate of 42.6% for the same period in 2018.



A number of items caused the effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2019 to exceed the US federal statutory income tax rate of 21%. There is a 27% statutory tax rate in Canada where the Company earns a significant portion of its income. In addition, nondeductible stock compensation expense in the United States and certain nondeductible business expenses in Poland contribute to the increased effective income tax rate as compared to the US federal statutory income tax rate. During the first quarter of 2018, CRM received an intercompany dividend, which increased the income tax expense by $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018. This one time occurrence increased the effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2018 by 12% when compared to the effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2019.