INCOME TAXES	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
INCOME TAXES	12. Income taxes In February 2019, the Company received information that the net operating loss carryback that was generated in 2014 and carried back to 2012 and 13 was under examination and could possibly be disallowed by the IRS. The Company had not received a written notice or tax assessment related to the possible disallowance of the net operating loss carryback. Although the Company had not received any formal documentation or notice of such disallowance, in accordance with ASC 740-10 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Tax Positions”, the Company recorded a liability of approximately $3.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2018 for this uncertainty. The liability represents the maximum net tax adjustment for the disallowance of the net operating loss carryback, computed at the pre-2018 tax rates, and tax savings of recording a net operating loss carryforward, calculated at the current tax rates. In May 2019, the Company received further information from the IRS related to the possible disallowance of our net operating loss carryback. Based on the new IRS communication, the liability related to this uncertain tax position was reduced by approximately $1.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2019, which results in a provision for income taxes of $323,000 and a benefit from income taxes $276,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, compared to provision for income taxes of $126,000 and $775,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. The Company has not yet received an assessment of additional tax related to this matter. If the Company receives an official tax assessment we have the ability to appeal the disallowance, as well as go to tax court to challenge the notice.

INCOME TAXES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

12. Income taxes

In February 2019, the Company received information that the net operating loss carryback that was generated in 2014 and carried back to 2012 and 13 was under examination and could possibly be disallowed by the IRS. The Company had not received a written notice or tax assessment related to the possible disallowance of the net operating loss carryback. Although the Company had not received any formal documentation or notice of such disallowance, in accordance with ASC 740-10 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Tax Positions”, the Company recorded a liability of approximately $3.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2018 for this uncertainty. The liability represents the maximum net tax adjustment for the disallowance of the net operating loss carryback, computed at the pre-2018 tax rates, and tax savings of recording a net operating loss carryforward, calculated at the current tax rates.

In May 2019, the Company received further information from the IRS related to the possible disallowance of our net operating loss carryback. Based on the new IRS communication, the liability related to this uncertain tax position was reduced by approximately $1.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2019, which results in a provision for income taxes of $323,000 and a benefit from income taxes $276,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, compared to provision for income taxes of $126,000 and $775,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.

The Company has not yet received an assessment of additional tax related to this matter. If the Company receives an official tax assessment we have the ability to appeal the disallowance, as well as go to tax court to challenge the notice.