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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

8. Income Taxes

The U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2017 and introduces significant changes to U.S. income tax law. The Tax Act includes a broad range of tax reform including changes to tax rates and deductions that were effective January 1, 2018. The decrease in the enacted corporate tax rate to be applied when our temporary differences are realized or settled ultimately resulted in a one-time revaluation of our net deferred tax asset of $3.1 million with a corresponding charge to income tax expense. The effects of the Tax Act increased income tax expense to a level that reduced net income to a net loss for both the three months ending December 31, 2017 and twelve months ending March 31, 2018.

The provision for income taxes consists of the following for the years ended March 31:

 

     (In thousands)  
     2018      2017      2016  

Current:

        

Federal

   $ 1,705      $ 4,563      $ 6,964  

State

     340        724        1,054  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total current
     2,045        5,287        8,018  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred:

        

Federal

     1,847        (1,688      (254

State

     369        (268      (38
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred

     2,216        (1,956      (292
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense

   $ 4,261      $ 3,331      $ 7,726  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

The net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes are reflected in deferred income taxes. Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets consist of the following as of March 31:

 

     (In thousands)  
     2018      2017  

Allowance for credit losses not currently deductible for tax purposes

   $ 5,811      $ 7,742  
Share-based compensation
     266        487  

Interest rate swap agreements

     —          (6

Other items

     212        282  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred income taxes

   $ 6,289      $ 8,505  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The provision for income taxes reflects an effective U.S tax rate, which differs from the corporate tax rate for the following reasons:

 

     (In thousands)  
     2018      2017      2016  
Provision for income taxes at Federal statutory rate
   $ 976      $ 3,059      $ 7,037  

Increase (decrease) resulting from:

        

State income taxes, net of Federal benefit

     491        297        660  

Tax Reform – Rate Change

     3,127        —          —    

Other

     (333      (25      29  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense

   $ 4,261      $ 3,331      $ 7,726  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company’s effective tax rate increased to 134.71% in fiscal 2018 from 38.11% in fiscal 2017. The effective rate was 38.43% in fiscal 2016.