INCOME TAXES	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES	(6) INCOME TAXES The income tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of the annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, primarily related to excess tax benefits on stock option exercises. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 discrete items adjusted were $1.1 million. At March 31, 2020 the Company is currently estimating an annual effective tax rate of approximately 26%. Each quarter, the estimate of the annual effective tax rate is updated, and if the estimated effective tax rate changes, a cumulative adjustment is made. There is a potential for volatility of the effective tax rate due to various factors. The provision for income taxes is recorded at the end of each interim period based on the Company’s best estimate of its effective income tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. The Company’s effective income tax rate was (19)% for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Discrete items recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, resulted in a tax benefit of approximately $1.1 million and $18,000, respectively. The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $483,000 and income tax expense of $786,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into U.S. federal law the CARES Act, which is aimed at providing emergency assistance and health care for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and generally supporting the U.S. economy. The CARES Act, among other things, includes provisions relating to refundable payroll tax credits, deferment of employer side social security payments, net operating loss carryback periods, alternative minimum tax credit refunds, modifications to the net interest deduction limitations and technical corrections to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. In particular, under the CARES Act, (i) for taxable years beginning before 2021, net operating loss carryforwards and carrybacks may offset 100% of taxable income, (ii) NOLs arising in 2018, 2019, and 2020 taxable years may be carried back to each of the preceding five years to generate a refund and (iii) for taxable years beginning in 2019 and 2020, the base for interest deductibility is increased from 30% to 50% of EBITDA. We are analyzing the different aspects of the CARES Act to determine whether any specific provisions may impact us. No taxes were paid during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

(6) INCOME TAXES

The income tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of the annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, primarily related to excess tax benefits on stock option exercises. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 discrete items adjusted were $1.1 million. At March 31, 2020 the Company is currently estimating an annual effective tax rate of approximately 26%. Each quarter, the estimate of the annual effective tax rate is updated, and if the estimated effective tax rate changes, a cumulative adjustment is made. There is a potential for volatility of the effective tax rate due to various factors.

The provision for income taxes is recorded at the end of each interim period based on the Company’s best estimate of its effective income tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. The Company’s effective income tax rate was (19)% for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Discrete items recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, resulted in a tax benefit of approximately $1.1 million and $18,000, respectively. The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $483,000 and income tax expense of $786,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into U.S. federal law the CARES Act, which is aimed at providing emergency assistance and health care for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and generally supporting the U.S. economy. The CARES Act, among other things, includes provisions relating to refundable payroll tax credits, deferment of employer side social security payments, net operating loss carryback periods, alternative minimum tax credit refunds, modifications to the net interest deduction limitations and technical corrections to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. In particular, under the CARES Act, (i) for taxable years beginning before 2021, net operating loss carryforwards and carrybacks may offset 100% of taxable income, (ii) NOLs arising in 2018, 2019, and 2020 taxable years may be carried back to each of the preceding five years to generate a refund and (iii) for taxable years beginning in 2019 and 2020, the base for interest deductibility is increased from 30% to 50% of EBITDA. We are analyzing the different aspects of the CARES Act to determine whether any specific provisions may impact us.

No taxes were paid during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.