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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
9. Income Taxes

The Company’s provision for income taxes consists of federal and state taxes, as applicable, in amounts necessary to align the Company’s year-to-date tax provision with the effective rate that it expects to achieve for the full year. Each quarter the Company updates its estimate of the annual effective tax rate and records cumulative adjustments as necessary. As of September 30, 2020, our conclusion regarding the realizability of our US deferred tax assets did not change and we have recorded a full valuation allowance against them.


On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was enacted in response to COVID-19 pandemic. Under ASC 740, the effects of changes in tax rates and laws are recognized in the period which the new legislation is enacted. The CARES Act made various tax law changes including among other things (i) increasing the limitation under Section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “IRC”) for 2019 and 2020 to permit additional expensing of interest (ii) enacting a technical correction so that qualified improvement property can be immediately expensed under IRC Section 168(k), (iii) making modifications to the federal net operating loss rules including permitting federal net operating losses incurred in 2018, 2019, and 2020 to be carried back to the five preceding taxable years in order to generate a refund of previously paid income taxes and (iv) enhancing the recoverability of alternative minimum tax credits. Given the Company’s full valuation allowance position, the CARES Act did not have a material impact on the financial statements.


For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded an income tax benefit from continuing operations of $3,300 consisting primarily of state and local taxes. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded an income tax provision from continuing operations of $1,700, consisting primarily of state and local taxes. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 was (0.44)% and 0.20%, respectively. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate of 21% as the Company has concluded that its deferred tax assets are not realizable on a more-likely-than-not basis.


For the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded an income tax benefit from continuing operations of $157,180 on a pre-tax loss of $1,571,822. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded an income tax benefit from continuing operations of $152,680 on a pre-tax loss of $1,199,213. The Company recorded an income tax provision for state and local taxes and as a result of the gain recorded in discontinued operations in connection with the sale of the Dating Services Business, the Company was able to record an income tax benefit in continuing operations under the intra-period allocation guidance. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was 10.0% and 12.73%, respectively.